Editorial board

Editor in Chief

Dr Rachel Adams, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
Email: [email protected]


Managing Editor
Dr Joey Kok
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Editorial Board

Prof. Cathi Albertyn, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 717 8467
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Prof. Zsa-Zsa Temmers Boggenpoel, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Prof. Lilian Chenwi,  University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 717 8465
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Prof. Jackie Dugard,  Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, USA
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Mr Chris Gevers,  University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
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Dr Jeff Handmaker,  Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi, 
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Prof. Safia Mahomed,  University of South Africa, South Africa
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Prof. Charles Maimela,  University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Prof. Joel Modiri,  University of Pretoria, South Africa
Tel: +27 12 420 2879
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Dr Muriel Mushariwa,  University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 717 8444
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Dr Jameelah Omar,  University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Advisory Board

Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi (Chair),  University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Prof. Bernadette Atuahene,  Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Justice Dennis Davis,  Judge of the High Court; President of the Competitions Appeal Court, South Africa

Prof. John Dugard,  University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice

Prof. Erika George,  The University of Utah, USA

Dr Pregs Govender,  Former Deputy Chair, South African Human Rights Commission, South Africa

Prof. Sandra Liebenberg,  University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Gilbert Marcus,  Senior Counsel, Johannesburg Bar, South Africa

Justice Mandisa Maya,  President, Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa

Prof. Christina Murray, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Prof. John Murungi,  Towson University, USA

Prof. Makau Mutua,  University at Buffalo School of Law, USA

Dr Barney Pityana,  Rector of the College of the Transfiguration, South Africa

Justice Kathy Satchwell,  Judge of the High Court, South Africa

Magdalena Sepúlveda,  Immediate past UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Chile

Justice David Unterhalter, Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal; University of Cape Town, South Africa Patrons

Sir Sydney Kentridge,  Barrister, United Kingdom

Justice Kate O’Regan,  Former Judge of the Constitutional Court, South Africa

Justice Yvonne Mokgoro,  Former Judge of the Constitutional Court, South Africa


Apart from books for review, which should be addressed to the Book Review Editor, correspondence, and all other communications should be directed to the Current Editor in Chief.