Olaf Zenker holds a Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His research has dealt with politico-legal issues such as statehood, bureaucracy, legal pluralism, inequality and land justice in South Africa and beyond. His latest publications include The Oxford Handbook of Law and Anthropology (co-edited with Marie-Claire Foblets, Mark Goodale and Maria Sapignoli).
Cherryl Walker is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University. She has published extensively on land restitution in South Africa, gender and land rights in sub-Saharan Africa, and women's political mobilisation in twentieth century South Africa. She served on South Africa's Commission on Restitution of Land Rights between 1995 and 2000.
Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel is Professor of Law at Stellenbosch University. She specialises in property law, constitutional property law and property theory. She was awarded a C1 NRF rating in December 2022 and is therefore recognised as an established researcher in her field.