PR Councillor Achmat Hendricks was on the scene to help a famiy in Blessbok, Lotus River when their temporary home caught on fire.
Al jama-ah has assessed the needs and will assist the family wherever possible.
Al jama-ah, always here for you! Where you need it, when you need it.
PR Councillor Achmat Hendricks and Raihaan Pietersen were recently in Macassa, attending a housing program ceremony, where 35 houses were given to the people within the community.
Some of these people have been on the waiting list since 1987!!
Receiving the keys to their new homes was an overwhelming and emotional experience.
Raihaan Pietersen (on the right) and PR Councillor Achmat Hendricks (middle right) conducted an oversight visit in Macassa to establish what the needs of the community are and also to assist them with the online SASSA application process.
PR Councillor Achmat Hendricks recently paid a visit to the Jabulani Feeding and Learning Center in Parkwood, Cape Town.
Jabulani was started during the 1980’s specifically to feed the children and elderly of the Parkwood area. Parkwood has since been classified as a Zone of Poverty by the Department of Social Development. With a high incidence of substance abuse, crime and violence, unemployment, high incidence of HIV/Aids, single parent, child and/or grandparents headed households, poverty and other social ills.
Today Jabulani feeds 500 kids daily and teaches 150 kids madrassah lessons.
Al Jama-ah honours the work of Jabulani, and recently donated clothing to support the work of the centre
PR Councillor Achmat Hendricks, accompanied by Al jama-ah member Raihaan Pietersen, followed up with a visit – and to see how Al Jama-ah can be of any further assistance.
The National Dialogue on Coalition Governments [4-5 August 2023] was hosted by the Deputy President Mashatile, in collaboration with the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape.
“When we form those thresholds and frameworks and mechanisms that will guide us – just as the Constitution guides us – we must do this with the citizen in mind.
It is not only about politics; it also has to be about the administration. We cannot have political musical chairs played in the political realm of governance! We have to talk about how we create stability and professionalism in an administration process. At the same time, it is not about the Municipal Managers, the Director Generals, and the Heads of Departments who are also being shuffled around. When all sides are playing that game the citizens suffer, and service delivery suffers.
This dialogue must turn into a concrete framework, a concrete set of rules that we must urgently put in place to make sure that the next 30 years of governments in South Africa give the citizens the services, dignity, aspirations, and the environment that they deserve. We have that responsibility and opportunity here, and we must do it with the “fierce urgency of now”.
In honour of President Nelson Mandela’s legacy, Al Jama-ah’s lawmakers embarked on constructive and effective action to empower communities. Their 67 minutes of being pro-active included engagement with some religious leaders on matters relating to Muslim Personal Law; providing and planting seeds to sustain food security, acts of solidarity with NPOs by handing over stoves, food and netball kits; name-giving of a baby at Al Jama-ah’s Constituency office; distributing loaves of bread; handing over school shoes to impoverished learners; .
AL JAMA-AH’s MP spends 67 minutes with Muslim leaders to discuss Muslim Personal Law
On 18 July recognised as Mandela Day, Hon Hendricks spent his 67 minutes engaging with members of the Legislative Department of the Masjlisush Shura Al-Islami (Shura) in Cape Town to establish an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) structure for matters relating to Muslim Personal Law (M.P.L).
The 67 minutes engagement with members of Shura served to give effect on the recommendation in the South African Law Reform Commission’s White Paper on a One Statute Marriage Bill for the Muslim and other faith-based communities. The ADR will deal with disputes and matters relating to M.P.L which includes the Nikah (a Muslim marriage in terms of Shariah); Nafakah (Maintenance), Talaqs (Divorces) and other matters which might arise in a marriage.
Hendricks, who have served several decades as an office bearer for Shura, has now drafted a Private Members Bill (PMB) for the ADR. Shura’s Legislative Department will edit the PMB, and they will jointly engage with Parliament’s legislative drafting team. The first reading of the “Amendments to the Arbitration Act” is expected to take place in September 2023 and will make provision for an M.P.L Tribunal/Shariah Court.
AL JAMA-AH MPL OFFICIATES BABY’S NAME-GIVING
The Al Jama-ah’s Member of Provincial Legislature Maulana Galil Brinkhuis, spent part of his 67 minutes by officiating the name-giving of an eight-month-old baby girl at Al Jama-ah’s statutory Western Cape Legislature Constituency office.
Apart from assisting with enquiries on social and local government issues, Maulana was indeed surprised when he was asked to do the name-giving of the baby. The Constituency office is visited by several people daily who need assistance with municipal accounts and enquiries on housing waiting list.
The Party appeals to members of the public to visit their nearest Al Jama-ah Constituency offices.
EXECUTIVE MAYOR AND COUNCILLOR IN CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Al Jama-ah’s Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg and fellow Councillor Imam Thapelo Amad identified the need for garden cleaning at the Japura Retirement Village for the aged. They planted 67 seeds towards creating sustainable food security and spring-cleaned the home.
MADIBENG MUNICIPALITY – AL JAMA-AH’s COUNCILLOR CARES!
Al Jama-ah Councillor Kabelo Nthekiso in the Madibeng Municipality in Northwest Province took the 67 minutes very serious – he not only donated a cooking stoves and food to the NPO Shanah Life House, but also handed over netball kits to the Golden Ladies Netball Team.
WESTERN CAPE
Al Jama-ah Councillor Adv Shameemah Salie (City of Cape Town) handed over loaves of bread to the needy in New Horizons, Pelican Park. In Mbekweni, Paarl, Al Jama-ah’s Drakenstein Councillor Ahmed Stulweni, bought school shoes for two impoverished learners at Mbekweni Higher Primary School.
KWAZULU-NATAL
Al Jama-ah’s Councillor in the Umuziwabantu Local Municipality in Harding, KwaZulu-Natal, G.M Cele and Al Jama-ah members spent their 67 minutes by repairing a broken wall of the house of an unemployed resident in Mkhoba Village. Clr Cele bought cement and they collected bricks from broken buildings to fix the wall.