Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front, their names are Nthatho Harrison Motlana he has been the secretary for the African National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president of black management forum for 8 years, Nadine Gordimer is the author of 16 novels and short story collections, Richard Luyt was a principal and vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Prema Nadio a promonent member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, Ismail Ayob is a prominent Johannesburg attorney who represents Nelson Mandela and defended many important treason trials, Achat Danger is a well known writer of short stories,poetry and a play Majient and Gert Gerwel is the rector and Vice chancellor of the University of the Western Cape and has puplished a variety of papers on literary
