Dr Ruth Massey a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Huddersfield (UK) and a Research Associate at the University of the Free State (South Africa). As an Urban and Development Geographer her core research interests lie in understanding the governance and social dynamics within low-income communities in the Global South using the lens of housing and energy infrastructure. She has served as a council member of the South African Geographical Society (SSAG) and is currently a committee member of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG): Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG). Dr Massey has published in a number of international, peer-reviewed journals and has presented papers and seminars on urban development at universities and conferences around the world.  Prof Ashley Gunter is an Associate Professor in Geography at the University of South Africa. He started his academic career at Monash South Africa, a branch campusof Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie in the neoliberal state of education in the post-apartheid South African system as well as infrastructure and development. He served as a council member of the South African Geographical Society, has been a Research Fellow at Oxford University and the University of Edinburgh, and is an Associate Member of the OpenSpace Research Centre. He is on the editorial board of InterEspaço: Revista de Geografia e Interdisciplinaridade, and Cogent: Social Science. He has published and presented on development issues in South Africa