Mbongiseni Buthelezi is the director of the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg.
Peter Vale is senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria and senior fellow at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI). He is visiting professor in international relations at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, and an honorary professor in the Africa Earth Observatory Network, of which he is a founding member.
Mbongiseni Buthelezi is the director of the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg.
Peter Vale is senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria and senior fellow at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI). He is visiting professor in international relations at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, and an honorary professor in the Africa Earth Observatory Network, of which he is a founding member.
Karl von Holdt is a professor at, and former director of, the Society Work and Politics Institute (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Robyn Foley is a researcher at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University.
Ryan Brunette is a research associate at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Jonathan Klaaren is Professor and former Dean of the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Cherese Thakur is an attorney and associated with the German development agency, GIZ.
Devi Pillay is a researcher for the State Reform Programme at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) in Johannesburg.
Luke Spiropoulos is an historian affiliated with the Wits History Workshop.
Reg Rumney is a journalist, editor and a research associate at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University.
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh is currently pursuing a DPhil in international relations at the University of Oxford, and writing a book of essays on South African politics.
Michael Marchant is the head of Investigations at Open Secrets.
Hennie van Vuuren is the founding director of Open Secrets.
Patrick Heller is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University.
Barney Pityana is a human rights activist. He was the chair of the South African Human Rights Commission and Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa.