The team listed below was responsible for the compilation of the print edition of A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles between 1969 and 1995.
| Jean Branford |
(Assistant Editor, 1971–78; Associate Editor, 1979–June 1989) |
| Michael Breetzke |
(Research Assistant, Feb.–Apr. 1994) |
| Margaret Britz |
(Assistant Editor, 1977–June 1991) |
| Wendy Dore |
(Associate Editor, Dec. 1989–Nov. 1995) |
| Lalage Gough |
(Assistant Editor, 1990) |
| Malcolm Hacksley |
(Associate Editor, 1991) |
| Raewyn Hill |
(Assistant Editor, 1987) |
| Sally Hunt |
(Assistant Editor, 1988) |
| Rachael Johnston |
(Research Assistant, 1994) |
| Peter Kota |
(Editorial Assistant, 1969) |
| Irene Künz |
(Editorial Assistant, 1987–8) |
| Vanessa Limbrick |
(Assistant Editor, 1989–90) |
| Dorothea Mantzel |
(Associate Editor, 1989– ) |
| Betty McLeod |
(Editorial Assistant, Feb.–June 1970) |
| Colin Muller |
(Associate Editor, May 1990–April 1995) |
| Jane Pargiter |
(Editorial Assistant, 1982–4) |
| Abigail Paton |
(Editorial Assistant, 1988–9) |
| Susan Pattison |
(Assistant Editor, 1987) |
| Alan Pitt |
(Editorial Assistant, 1988) |
| Armanda Santos |
(Assistant Editor, 1987–8) |
| Penny Silva |
(Assistant Editor, Aug. 1970–73, Oct.–Dec. 1989) |
| Lucy Smith |
(Research Assistant, Apr.–May 1994) |
| John Walker |
(Assistant Editor, Jan. 1973–Apr. 1976) |
| Madeleine Wright |
(Associate Editor, Mar. 1990– ) |