Councillor’s activities in City

• Clean up day

Council duties

• Perusal of agendas for monthly City meeting (approximately 5000 pages).
• Perusal and input on Community and Health Agenda and Workshops, Subcouncil 11 Agendas and Activities.

Council report

• Was advised in March to provide a monthly report on the input and outcome of the Council meeting.
• Duly provided a detailed report on all items and outcomes thereof, for public consumption on the agenda
• Matters on special agenda Al Jama-ah provided input surrounding concerns on irregular expenditure. In this part of the agenda, no recordings or videos were allowed.

Community and health Portfolio report

• Actively participated in matters affecting communities relating to parks and recreation, homelessness, and the importance of creating a culture of reading and ensuring accessibility to all including those who are physically challenged.

City of Cape Town Training attended

• Leadership Course
• Leading wellness course
• Actively engaged in these courses and belief it is indeed beneficial.

City meetings this month 

• Chamber meeting
• Subcouncil 11 meeting
• Subcouncil 11 ward committee meeting
• Community and health meetings
• Community and health workshops

C3 Notices

• Assisted with C3 notices and follow up thereof these matters have been favorably resolved

Engagement with public

• I am contacted on daily basis for input on both service delivery issues and others issues both telephonic and via social media platforms to which I have a good response time

Party report: Social media

• Attended social meeting
• Actively assisted with the perusal of and corrections, input and correction of statements. Assisted with adverts. Daily shared, liked and commented on Al Jama-ah posts on relevant social media handles.
• Completed several soundbites for Valley FM, as well as Heart FM
• Shared and educated public on matters stemming from the City of Cape Town media and meetings via social media platforms and at events and one on one meetings.

Radio 786

• During March to April 2022 on Radio 786 breakfast club. Engaging with community on various topics.

Heritage day

• Actively participated in heritage day event in District 6 and assisted with pictures and live videos of events

Palestine

• Constant awareness was created surrounding the atrocities in Palestine via social media posts and shares. Attended two Palestinian awareness events in Kromboom Rd held on Saturdays including on Heritage day.

Spar Cape Town Ramadaan and Lifestyle expo Branding

• Assisted with items for marketing and designing of bags for Al Jama-ah to increase visible branding at the expo
• Purchased 50 bags of my own which will be used to sign up members and to advertise the party via supporters
• Assisted with advertising of the Al Jama-ah party, engaging and networking with supporters, and securing of contacts, and distribution of flyers and membership forms from Friday to Sunday.
• Participated in a political cook-off representing Al Jama-ah

Mowbray Cemetery

• As a board member and being on the community on health portfolio: Assisted with affidavits, updating of forms evaluating maintenance and upgrades in process at the cemetery. Interacting with members of the public in person, via social media, and telephonically.
• The work done by Mowbray Cemetery has not gone unnoticed by the relevant portfolio and has been acknowledged on several occasions during meetings

Icare Children’s Foundation

• As an ambassador for ICare Children’s Foundation: Assisted with the lease agreement and launch of the finalization of agreement in securing of premises heritage site South African Cape Corps Ex-Serviceman Silvertown. The site will be utilized for the upliftment of those in need, through skills development and education. Further, the site will be used as a hub for feeding schemes
• Assisted with an appeal to the community for assistance of goods, in cash and kind for foster homes, orphanages, and Eid drive.
• Have been actively collecting clothing for those in need and for situations of potential disasters.
• Have further provided guidance on service delivery issues faced by trust of the relevant building

Bokamakerie walkabout event

• Took the lead on the walkabout held on the 9^th of April 2022. The walkabout is intended to assess the difficulties faced by the residents of Bokmakerie after several concerns were raised. Concerns of gangsterism, drug abuse, unemployment, crime, parks in a poor state, roads damaged, the difficulties faced by elderly and children due to poverty.
• During this period leading up to the event: actively involved in the advertising of the event, interviews conducted and pictures secured for the advertising team.
• Secured two pots of food for the event through Icare Children’s Foundation and personally contributed 100 packets of party packs on behalf of party.
• Further contributed and gifted groceries to the family who will provide premises to host the event.

New Horizons

• Distribution of clothing to those in need.
• Engaged with members of the community surrounding service delivery issues.
• Secured assistance of a supporter and newly signed up member Fatimah Dollie Morgan to assist in the arrangements towards mass iftaar for 16 April New
• Contributed a pot of food and 100 packets of chips
• We are taking steps in the right direction. Being active and visible in the community is very important, as is follow-up of matters. Visible branding of Al Jama-ah is important in that voters become more familiar with the brand and party. By engaging with our people on the ground and in their homes, we will truly become the voice of the people, especially when we allow them to speak and raise their concerns – indeed confidence in the party is built.