CLLR SHAMEEMAH SALIE: MAY-JUNE 2022 HIGHLIGHTS

• Perusal of City of Cape Town main and special agendas
• Detailed report back provided on the aforementioned agendas as well as statements of Al Jama-ah Councillors F Achmat and S Salie on speeches in chambers as well as video footage.
• Al Jama-ah councillors have been vocal on the impact of budget increases on the community who is already suffering dire financial constrin
• Perusal of agendas and attendance Community and Health Meetings
• Perusal of agendas and attendance of Community and Health Workshops
• Perusal of agendas and Subcouncil 11 meetings
• Subcouncil 11 Activity days
• Ward Committee meetings Ward 84
• Water and Sanitation meeting

COCT Leadership Training

• People Management by Professor Siphiwe Moyo
• Stress and Mindfulness Dr. Helgo Schomer

Party work :

Social media

• Social media meetings
• Social media shares and likes on relevant social media handles and engagement
• Voice bites
• Engagement on matters by laws, and hadj, and cemetery, as well as kidnappings with Argus, Radio 786, Voice of Cape, and Daily Voice
• Lives on facebook and posts

Statements

• Perusal of and correction of statements for social media

Social media engagement:

• Several topics and interaction covered in order to ensure that we hear the voices of the people and promote public participation and awareness.
• Gangsters and drugs from social media interaction and engagement concerns was elevated to President of Al Jama-ah who in turn elevated the concerns in Parliament surrounding the children of Cape flats being held hostage at schools due to gang violence. Presidents bring matter to Parliament ensured immediate response of required stakeholders to the relevant area.

Kidnappings :

• Actively participated in creating awareness on social media and news platforms and via media surrounding increased kidnappings. President proceeded to elevate the concerns as well on Parliamentary level

Community work :

Collection of clothing

• Clothing bank collections to ensure we have goods available in event of disasters or in situations of difficulty in community

C3 notices :

Areas: Hazendal (Bokmakierie)

• Cable Theft remains a constant problem in the relevant area and assistance has been provided to the community surrounding theft of cables as well as litter issues in the area and follow up
• Provided Breaking Barriers and NPO in New Horizons with groceries to assist in feeding of the community especially young children
• On the radar: With youth day on 16 June 2022 have been assisting the community with their youth day event to be held. On behalf of Al Jama-ah we will be sponsoring food via ICare as well as party packs. I have been requested to speak at the event.

New Horizons

• Attended to and utilized social media platforms to secure assistance for home that burnt down in New Horizons
• Personally assisted with gas cylinder, 4 bags of clothing and shoes towards 9 members affected, and secured assistance of CTIEC with groceries and the removal of debris from the relevant home
• Elevated request for removal of debris
• At this stage due to media lives and photos compiled assistance continues to flow in.
• On the radar: 16 June 2022 event in process of arranging youth day event to be held in New Horizons/ Pelican Park and Eagle Park day will include youth speakers, placards, SAPS, several organizations including Al Jama-ah/ ministrels/ drum majorettes to create a strong message as well as a vibe that is for both youth and community involvement

Rondebosch

• Rondebosch library
• Assisted with C3 notice surrounding cable theft and follow up

BoKaap

• Business requested assistance with Tree trimming due to the impact of trees especially in winter on business
• Engaged with Doors of Jannah Noog Hassan surrounding assistance required in Du Noon as well as an educational structure for those in need commencing from Western Cape and

Tennyson Masjid

• By law on religious calls to prayers being considered a nuisance
• Further to the meeting April 2022 where the Mayor backtracked and failed to remove the by law and instead amended the SOP. The masjid in Tennyson Street received a very Draconian and threatening notice surrounding the sounds of the athaan.
• Have proceeded from onset to assist the relevant Masjid with necessary info
• Assisting with Tennyson Masjid petition against COCT bylaw as well as spoke on radio VOC surrounding the matter before Council in April and the impact on the community which can be clearly seen from Draconian notice received.
• Have extended hand to provide Masjid with assistance on their outreach programmes as well

Mowbray Cemetery

• As a board member of the cemetery continued to work with an engage with the matters relating to improvement of the cemetery on both admin level and on physical changes. Engagement on matters at cemetery is on daily basis as well as engagement with community
• Assisted with arrangements for thikr and program in honour of donors at Cemetery
• A pertinent matter this month relates to the burial of a homeless young lady Aisha Sulayman whose family could not be located
• Al Jama-ah was invited to attend and I represented both the City and the Party at the burial as well as being there for the deceased as no family was in attendance.
• Being on the Community Health Portfolio the situation surrounding her death has been elevated and proposals made to work towards better screening of the homeless. Assisting them in securing smart cards and securing information of next of kin. Further as the deceased passed on from TB I have elevated requests for screening of homeless in the relevant vicinity who had contact to deceased as she sadly was a TB defaulter and it is suspected that cause of death may have been TB.

Parliament

• Meeting and caucus with opposition parties and Speaker. Detailed report on meeting forwarded to SG and President
• Arranging of and meeting with President of AJ and SAMTOA President

Stemming from meeting with President engagement with Social development

Several meetings and engagements with NPO’s

• I deserve it
• Bond Relief
• I Care Children’s Foundation
• Doors of Jannah

Further several NPO’s names secured and Bio’s on Cape Flats and elevated to Gafsa as requested

• Provided input for Al Jamaah social media meeting
• Continued requests in requests for assistance from legal matters (unrelated to service delivery), trauma, and concerns surrounding Crime,
• Have further received several request daily to attend matters in community from upliftment of and motivating youth. This is a matter which I will be placing on radar as well