Professor Sihawukele Ngubane (Chairman) is the Head of Undergraduate Studies and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Humanities, Development & Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is an Onomastician and an author of educational and literary isiZulu books.

Professor Liz Gunner lectured in African literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and in Commonwealth Literature at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University, before moving to the University of Natal in 1998 and the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research in 2006. She has also held Fellowships at the Universities of Cape Town, Melbourne and Oxford. She has written extensively on African literature and culture.

Dr. Mokong Simon Mapadimeng holds a PhD in Industrial, Organisational, and Labour Studies (IOLS) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He is the recent past president of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) and is currently employed as a Research Manager by the National Arts Council of South Africa.

Winston Mohapi is a writer of Sesotho literature. He has published poetry, novels, short stories, folk-tales, and articles in academic journals. He is the founder member and chairman of the Sesotho writers’ association, the former chairman of the Sesotho National Language Body, and the founder of the Sesotho National Lexicographic Unit. He is the head of the indigenous official African languages translation and editing directorate in the Department of Arts and Culture and also a vice chairperson of Literature Development Forum in the Department of Arts and Culture.

Monica Seeber (Treasurer) is a publishing consultant. Her area of expertise is copyright, and she has consulted to both UNESCO and WIPO in that field. A member of the executive committee of the South African Coalition for Cultural Diversity, Monica is the co-author and co-compiler of The Politics of Publishing in South Africa (2001) and has also written numerous articles on copyright and publishing.

Professor Thelmah Maluleke is the former Head of the Department of Public Health at the University of Venda and is currently a researcher at Walter Sisulu University, Umtata. Her research topics are youth health, women’s health, HIV/AIDS, sexuality and indigenous knowledge systems, about which she has written extensively.

Kundayi Masanzu (Director) is a copyright lawyer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Swaziland, a Bachelor of laws degree from Wits University and has worked in a copyright law firm in Johannesburg. His area of interest is legal research and writing.