Aljama-ah hosted a book launch on Human Rights Day to reflect on District Six struggles, on Monday,21st March 2022, in Zonnebloem, Cape Town. The author of the book is Prof.Haron and the title of the book is District Six Parliamentary Oversight Visit.
The revolutionary song, Tala’ al-Badru ‘Alayna which was sang by the people of Madina to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) when he entered the city, should be sang to the last returnees of District Six,says Al Jama-ah leader and Member of Parliament Hon Ganief Hendricks.
Hendricks was speaking in District Six on Human Rights Day/Sharpeville Day 21 March 2022 at the party’s launch of the book District Six Parliamentary Oversight Visit March 2022 on the eve of South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza’s oversight visit to District Six from where 60 000 people were forcibly removed from under the Group Areas Act during apartheid during the 1960s-1970s.
“I remember singing this song along with non-Muslim friends in District Six. Therefore, I think it would be symbolic when the last claimants of District Six move back, for the current residents to sing this song and beat the drums as they walk back to their homes,” Hendricks explains.
The melodious rendition of the song was sung by the party’s Western Cape Legislature representative, MPL Maulana Galil Brinkhuis who hails from Strand.