AL  JAMA-AH has now contested this ward four(4) times and will continue to do so until it wins the Ward insha Allah. It contested it for the first time in a by-election in 2008, in the 2009 national elections, in the 2011 municipal elections and now in the 2012 by-elections. This is the first ward the Party has contested since its founding and must be won one day insha Allah. There are 3000 Muslims eligible  to vote in this ward.

Like in the recent Lavender Hill by-election another gang infested human settlement the AL JAMA-AH political Party doubled its votes showing an upward trend in support for the Party.

Just before the polls closed the Party fed 500 kids their only hot meal of the day. A cavalcade of the Party led by trumpeters and drums rocked Manenberg before and after Maghrieb. Hundreds of residents joined in the march down “die laan.” The crowd expressed their anger for 18 years of neglect by the DA and other Parties and tore down their posters which led to a complaint to the IEC.  The DA table was stormed maybe a sign that the Arab Spring has hit maneneberg.  Party stalwart Nadeem Peters apologised for their behaviour.

The Party will start an AL JAMA-AH Beitul Maal in “die laan” and tons of food for distribution is on its way to Party Headquarters in Cape Town. This ward has been wrecked by its councillors for the past 18 years and this will not change easily. Manenberg needs more university and college students, areas around schools should be cleaned and residents want an old age home as children neglect their elderly parents.

Over  100 community workers rallied together to support AL JAMA-AH and stood as ward candidates  in 90 wards in City of Cape Town and 27 wards  in the City of Johannesburg. As soon as the election date was announced the race was on to get  enough votes for one or more seats in these two municipalities.

The good news is that ALJAMA won a seat in each of the municipalities due to the hard work of its candidates who took time off from running feeding schemes and other community projects to campaign door to door to get voter support. Now that the election is over the aspirant  councillors who did not make it to win a ward will continue their community work  with more  support from the Party. The 2011 municipal elections is the start of their political internship  and they will do better insha Allah in the 2014 municipal, provincial and national elections. This is in line with the Party’s founding principles to get more Muslims involved in the political life of the country.

ALJAMA got 8238  votes in Cape Town and 4900 votes in Johannesburg. It  still has a long struggle ahead to capture the imagination of  Muslim voters and Muslim businesses. Funding was lacking in the run up to the election and many candidates did not have posters and flyers and meals, transport   and allowances for campaigners and  Party agents. The Party’s main source of funds is its R15  annual membership fees. Party stalwarts put their hands into their  own pockets to support the Party with running costs and helped with interest free loans.

The two PR councillors in the City of Cape Town and the City of Johannesburg appointed by the National Working Committee of the Party would like to thank our fellow candidates , their families and friends and supporters for their  hard work and support without which they would not have been elected to public office.

City of Cape Town_Seat Allocation and Assignment

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA

WESTERN CAPE

TO ALL:      EDITORS

NEWS EDITORS

POLITICAL EDITORS

FROM:     COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

IEC Western Cape

Saturday, 21 May 2011 @ 12h45

FINAL LGE 2011 WESTERN CAPE RESULTS

The IEC Western Cape herewith releases the final provisional results of the Local Government Elections 2011 for the Western Cape. The Electoral Commission of South Africa will confirm the official results and declare the Local Government Elections 2011.

“We delivered the requirements for an election. It had its challenges but solutions were found with the co-operation of the contesting political parties and other stakeholders said Courtney Sampson, Provincial Electoral Officer.

Voter Turnout LGE 2011 – Western Cape:  64,37%

Voter Turnout LGE 2006 – Western Cape:  51.79%

Voter Turnout LGE 2011 – City of Cape Town:  64.66%

Voter Turnout LGE 2006 – City of Cape Town:  49.81%%

Courtney added that the dynamic increase in number of registered voters who casted their votes is an indication of the work rate of political parties and the intense media coverage across all sectors.

RESULTS (Western Cape)

DA: 55.67%

ANC: 33.23%

Seats Won:

DA: 440

ANC: 283

COPE: 8

ACDP: 7

RESULTS (City of Cape Town)

DA: 61.09%

ANC: 33.03%

Seats Won:

DA:  135

ANC: 73

ACDP: 3

COPE : 3

“The LGE 2011 is now of the past. What is left is to manage and confirm the five District Council elections; oversee the roll back of election logistics; continue with the planning for the National and Provincial elections 2014; prepare for local by-elections where required to do so; and other issues including taking leave during the course of next six weeks of the expansion staff that so ably assisted the IEC. This is always a sad part for us as we have become attached to the loyalty, passion and dedication of these people whilst knowing that they are only with the IEC for a contractual period of six months or less said Courtney

The IEC Western Cape thanks all the stakeholders especially the political parties and the safety and security structures for their input, expertise and co-operation it was afforded before, during and after the elections. A special ode of gratitude to the media organisations and the professional individuals that represent these organisations, thank you for your co-operation.

Issued on behalf of Electoral Commission of South Africa

For enquiries, contact

IEC Communications LGE 2011Tel 021 958 3010 / 3011 / 3012/ 3013 / 3014Fax 086 575 5145Cell 084 4088 317mediawc@elections.org.za

On behalf of AL JAMA-AH I make a pledge that our members while going on a jihad for votes we will  do this peacefully and the Party will ensure that  on election day our prayers five times on the day will be for  a violent free  election to showcase the country for job creation  investments  and we want to thank  Dr Brigalia Bam, the IEC team and our police force in advance for their contribution which has not gone unnoticed.

That lawmakers keep parliament to themselves and vote election funds for them only has hampered Multi Party democracy and the IEC  must find a way to wipe out this blot against our democracy. Business must come out in support of new  political Parties that want their communities to more fully play a role in the political life in the country like the Muslim community.

GANIEF HENDRICKS

PARTY LEADER

AL JAMA-AH

1A FOREST PLACE PINELANDS 7405

0215314273/ 0827802573.

CITY OF CAPE TOWN METRO ELECTIONS

MAYORAL CANDIDATE: GANIEF HENDRICKS 4 April 2011

FAMILY LIFE

Muslims will turn against the Constitution of the country if government listens to human rights bodies , gender and gay activists, Muslim modernists and anti-religion groups   to change, modify and reshape the shariah  Muslim marriage laws to fully comply  with the Constitution, says Party leader and mayoral candidate  in the City of Cape Town for the AL JAMA-AH political party Ganief Hendricks. This negative attitude towards the shariah will make it difficult for the Party to position  the Muslim community as the most peaceful community in the country. Moreso after government has introduced laws repugnant to the shariah on abortion, same sex marriages, gambling  and shebeens and has been soft on  drug lords and gangsters because of constitutional restraints.

SHARIAH UNDER FIRE

The Party has called on the Legal Resources Centre  leading the campaign against the shariah to withdraw its submission to government on the Muslim Marriages Bill and change its anti-revolutionary response to the legitimate desires of Muslims.

“Such an attitude we have not seen in the worst days of apartheid and it is a blot against  freedom of religion and the values of the  civil rights movement.” In this day and age to hear an outfit with the likes of legal struggle heroes like George Bizos S.C. , Colin Kahanovitz . N. Fakir and others  saying without regard to the sensitivities of Muslims

This may be undesirable to 1.5 million Muslims in South Africa

“ Accepting Islamic Marriage Law would be an absolute abandonment of our most democratic principles.” The Muslim community will have to compromise. Muslim marriage law must be fully in line with the Constitution. On the one hand their  submission  to government says South Africa must not shun the Muslim faith in its entirety  when it comes to their marriage laws and then they say they are  prevented from doing this because of the Constitution. No human rights organizaton anywhere in the world has adopted such a hostile attitude to Islam and this has never happened in the  over 300 history of Islam in South Africa.  Patronizing Islam in other parts of the submission smacks of jingoism, chauvism and hypocrisy. The Legal Resources has shamed itself and the human rights movement.

Is out of place in a South Africa in the first phases of transformation. At the heart core of the Party’s pledge to voters to support it in the forthcoming municipal election is to preserve Muslim family life and the sanctity of marriage in accordance with the shariah.

DRUGS

When family values is entrenched it will become easy to tell  Muslim drug lords and gangsters to comply with the shariah and to tell Muslim drug sellers and users to do the same. It will be easy to tell the families and friends of these shariah offenders to ask  family elders to deal with them and for the Ulema to pronounce on them and if that fails to report them to the police. The Party will voice radical action in Council chambers  against drug users and dealers and introduce the most compassionate measures to assist them comply with the shariah including preferential treatment for jobs and educational opportunities. The Party will get Council to support outfits fighting drugs and gangsterism that meets  Islamic and human rights criteria. A substantial budget will be championed for these outfits.

JOBS

Mayoral candidate Ganief Hendricks received recognition as a pioneer of the internet for introducing the first internet jobs in South Africa and creating next generation jobs. As the mayor of Cape Town he wants  to mobilize the Party’s candidates to get full employment in the City. The City will get its fair share of President Zuma’s five million jobs and his ward councillors will ensure that suburbs around each voting station gets its fair share of jobs.  Councillors will ensure that every employable  person including people with disabilities will get at least 2 days of work per week in terms of state policies. Technicons  and universities will be lobbied to have satellite campuses in all the subcouncils of the City to develop skills and the Department of Labour will be asked to use more funds from unemployment budgets to put people in jobs. Ward candidates will develop a culture of hard work in wards to improve productivity and every worker will be assisted  to join a trade union to help them keep their jobs and be paid decent wages and decent benefits.

‘ I will engage the business people in the Muslim community and other communities to create jobs and make it worth their while with incentives never seen before in the City. This will set the trend for the rest of South Africa. As Mayor I will lobby government to put affirmative action on hold in the City so that all its citizens can work together to get full employment. For starters in 2013 there should be guaranteed jobs for all matriculants who do not enter college or university. They can take a double gap year and work and then go to college and university to improve their skills.

POVERTY

Ward candidates must get a special grant from Council to have feeding schemes and provide a meal everyday for learners  when they come out of school and others who are hungry can join the Que. ALJAMA ward councillors must fund one meal per month from their salary and dish out food to the hungry in their ward. They must have direct access to a City Food Bank.

WATER

AL JAMA-AH will change the water policy of the City Council in line with the shariah. There will be no water cuts and the indigent and poor people will have free water.

HOUSING

(1)    BACKYARDERS: The Party will get the City to build a suburb for backyarders only to address this 18 year struggle

(2)    BLIKKIES DORP: The Party will vote for funds to accommodate “internees” with a model housing settlement to show its compassion for the every poor.

ALJAMA SERVICE DELIVERY HELPDESK

The helpdesk will log every complaint and ward councillors will give voters a quarterly written report and hold a quarterly meeting to get their feedback.

CAN YOU STILL VOTE FOR THE DA OR  ANY OTHER PARTY?  ALJAMA NEEDS YOUR VOTE ON 18 MAY 2011

VOTE        AL JAMA-AH

STAAN OP VIR DIE SHARIAH

SERVICE DELIVERY – HONESTLY AND WISELY

SATURDAY POLITICAL RALLIES /WALK ABOUTS

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MITCHELLS PLAIN:  SATURDAY 23 APRIL

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BO-KAAP: SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2011

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DELFT/BELHAR: SATURDAY 6 MAY 2011

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LOTUS RIVER : SATURDAY 13 MAY 2011.

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BRIDGETOWN: SATURDAY 13 MAY 2011.

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MITCHELLS PLAIN: SATURDAY 13 APRIL

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MUSLIM FAMILY LIFE: DON’T CHANGE, RESHAPE AND  REMODEL OUR SHARIAH MARRIAGE LAWS

FULL EMPLOYMENT IN  CITY OF CAPE TOWN

NO WATER CUTS/FREE WATER FOR POOR

COUNCIL TO BE AT HEART OF DRUG FIGHT

HOUSING SUBURB FOR BACKYARDERS

BLIKKIESDORP NOT “ prisoners of war”

DUMPING CHARGES TO BE DROPPED FOR TIPPER TRUCKERS

“HELP 1000 YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN IN PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE DELIVERY FOR YOU AND FOR THEIR OWN FUTURE”

Most young men and women between the ages of 18 to 24 are unemployed and face a bleak future. It is time that this section of society be given more opportunities. They are our future. Employers will be encouraged to give them jobs by getting a subsidy from the treasury  of about R1000 towards their monthly salary for at least two years. The Aljama-ah Political Party wants to take this further and help these young people to win seats as ward councillors in the 2011 municipal elections. The Party has launched a recruitment campaign to attract and select  young potential councillors, train them to be councillors and help them campaign to win seats. The Party has also launched an SMS fund raising project to get the community to help finance the recruitment, training and campaign costs of these young people who will come from all over the country.  A donation of R10 paid by the SMS will cover the R500 registration costs of the 1000 young people to contest the elections. The target for the campaign is a half a million rand. This will be a sound investment in our youth and the future of the community. In Cape Town the Party Leader Ganief Hendricks will challenge the current Democratic Alliance mayor to give our youngsters a better opportunity to get the votes to win as many seats as possible. His expertise as a Human Resources Specialist and awards for creating new generation jobs  will give him an edge over other mayoral candidates. Municipalities need more human resource development.  While it will be a contest between Dan Plato and Ganief Hendricks the winners will be our young men and women. Muslim and other  voters will be canvassed to vote for Ganief Hendricks rather than Dan Plato. The final mayoral candidate for the Party  and the candidates for councillors will be voted for by Party members when the election is called. The Party came 8^th out of 24 Parties in the 2009 national elections getting votes in 2000 voting stations in nine provinces.