David Everatt is head of the Wits School of Governance. Pundy Pillay is professor of Economics and Public Finance, and Research director at the Wits School of Governance. Patrick Bond is a distinguished professor, and teaches Political Economy and Political Ecology at the Wits School of Governance. Caryn Abrahams is a senior lecturer at the Wits School of Governance. Anthoni van Nieuwkerk is associate professor and teaches Security Studies at the Wits School of Governance. Bongiwe Ngcobo Mphahlele is a PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria. Susan Booysen is professor emeritus and visiting professor at the Wits School of Governance. She is also director of research at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.

Mike Muller is a professional engineer and visiting adjunct professor at the Wits School of Governance. William Gumede is Associate Professor in the Wits School of Governance, and course leader in the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest. Chelete Monyane is an advocate of the High Court, is a senior lecturer at the Wits School of Governance. Kirti Menon is the senior director in charge of Academic Planning and Academic Staff Development at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and research associate in the Faculty of Education at UJ. Jody Cedras is the registrar and regulatory affairs officer for the Pearson Institute of Higher Education. Darlene Miller is a senior lecturer at the Wits School of Governance. She is principal investigator in a research project on food governance and new food movements. Nomalanga Mkhize is associate professor in History at Nelson Mandela University.

She currently holds an NIHSS Sam Moyo Postdoctoral Fellowship at Rhodes University. Rebecca Pointer is a PhD candidate at Wits School of Governance. Babalwa Magoqwana is a senior lecturer in the Sociology, Anthropology and History Department at Nelson Mandela University.