(D)Urban Vortex

William (Bill) Freund (1944-2020) was professor of economic history at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is the author of a number of books, including Twentieth Century South Africa: A Developmental History (2019), The African City: A History (2007) and The Making of Contemporary Africa since the 1800s (1984).

Vishnu Padayachee is Distinguished Professor and Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics at the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Macroeconomic Research Group (MERG).