Caryn Dolley is an award-winning South African investigative journalist and author who has spent nearly two decades exposing organised crime and its ties to politics and law enforcement. 

Nthato Mokgata, known as Spoek Mathambo, is a South African musician, filmmaker, and visual artist celebrated for pioneering “Township Tech” and blending genres from hip-hop to maskandi. 

David Cornwell is a novelist, screenwriter, and musician born in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), now based in Johannesburg. His debut novel Like It Matters was critically acclaimed. 

Edgar Pieterse is the founding director of the African Centre for Cities at UCT, where he leads research on sustainable urban development and African urbanism