Villagers League Report | July 2023
VILLAGERS LEAGUE REPORT
KWA-ZULU NATAL
UMDONI MUNICIPALITY
CLLR ASGHAR KHAN & ADELLE
In Umdoni area, Cllr Asghar hosted an ‘Each one Feed one’ campaign. He has also done Aashura feeding through Qaasimul Ilm Foundation.
The two voting station officers in Umdoni has signed up over 1400 membership forms for Al Jama-ah since April 2023 till date.
The Al Jama-ah Umzinto Offces continues to assist the community with Indigent free water applications and rates applications and thus far has written off R700 000 worth of water bills from several community members.
The office is opened to the public if they require any needs of assistance or service delivery.
PIETERMARITZBURG
ML ABDUL AZIZ
1 July 2023: ML Aziz went to upper Mashingeni to meet with chief Zuma to assess the water problem in the area.
5 July 2023: Went to Inhlazatsh location in ward 11 with Zola Gwala to do door to door campaigns.
Seven people registered as members. Membership fees needs to be paid this month end.
8 July 2023: Went to Sinathinge together with Appa Khadija Lusinga and did door to door campaigns.
Left 20 membership forms which we will follow up in the coming week.
15 July 2023: Went to campaign in Imbali Zone and did door to door with Halima Sithole.
Ten people registered as members. Halima will be collecting fees month end.
20 July 2023: Met with Sanzaf PMB Office, with regards to borehole sponsorship.
Sanzaf sponsors boreholes for Masjids only.
24th July 2023: Went to lower Mashingeni Village and collected 24 unpaid membership forms.
25th July 2023: Travelled to Honeyville to meet Appa Ayesha Chakela, to introduce her to Al Jama-ah.
Left 10 forms with her. Honeyville and Nkenteni are new areas we have just started targeting.
In August we will do follow ups in Dambuz, Imbali, Lionspark and Sweetvalor villages.
Water Sanitation project for Mashingeni – the leadership sent him the contact number for Ml PJ Moosa.
He called him but he is no longer doing borehole projects, and gave the contact number for Sadique Saheb of TBT Boreholes. He said the cost is R120 000 and he has a waiting list of up to 50 in number. So, if we do this,we need to secure our own sponsors for boreholes now.
He is also looking for sponsors for 10 sisters in Imbali who want to start a chicken project.
For the Mashingeni water project, we nee dto get assistance and buy water tanks, at least two 5000L each. President can source the water purification project.
MATUBATUBA
MR COMFORT
Mr Comfort hosted the finals for his sports tournament on the 23rd of July 2023. KFC sponsored 50 meals to him.
GROUTEVILLE
MA LUTHULI
A rep from the Dept of Economic Dev came to learn more about the Peanut Butter co-operative and to give advice about certain aspects of operations, funding, marketing and registrations e.g. CSD. He promised to send through cards, banners and pamphlets by November. And gave advice about how to get the product certificate. He was impressed with the state of the premises/factory, and advised on how to attend to the walls.
Two other executive members attended this meeting, including Mr Ngubane. He directed them to the Durban University of Technology (DUT) for Peanut buter tasting.
To get the peanut butter to the big stores is a long and difficult process, so it is taking up a lot of time.
On August 9 is the Women’s day event and Women’s League launch in Cape Town.
The Womens League launch in Grouteville will be towards month end, probably the last weekend.
UMZIWABANTU-HARDING
CLLR GOODWILL CELE
Cllr Goodwill and one of his executive members visited Kranskorp on the 1st of July 2023 as mandated by the organisation, to represent them at. the Ingoni fM event with mama Luthuli. It was a great event especially in the preparations of 2024 national elections. He also assisted them with the recruitment and filling of membership forms.
On the 18 of July 2023, he identified the person who is staying in the house without windows and broken wall, and spent his 67 minutes together with his team and some community members rebuilding the wall for him. We bought the cement and we used the bricks from another old building.
Cllr Cele has also been looking for youth age 20 to 25 that can participate in a skills transfer learnership with some of our stakeholders. About 15 to 30 local youth should be able to to benefit from the learnership.
FREE STATE
DIHLABENG MUNICIPALITY
QWA QWA | EBRAHIM
The Qwa-Qwa office are still requesting transport money to enable them to reach the outpost villages. Their assistants are also requesting daily lunch allocations and about 240 sweaters for members.
EASTERN CAPE
MPAME VILLAGE
ABDULLAH
In Mpame Village there is nothing much for now besides the fishing project. They invited the Aljamah President to their meeting, and it happened that he arrived on the 27th of July with SG, and CEO.
They are stillbusy completing the application forms for land.
And there are about 10 list of ladies at the ready hoping that government will help to upgrade Tourisms. And 12 ladies with gardens, who have started planting cabbages.
LIMPOPO
SHILUVANE VILLAGE
SAITI NTOLA
POLOKWANE LAUNCH
On the 30th of June 2023 AL JAMA-AH was launched in Polokwane and Ga Mothapo.
In the last month they have managed to recruit close to 100 members. Moulana Eesa was chosen as the chair of Nivana Al Jamah and tasked to recruit in Capricorn and surrounding areas.
The following day they went to Makotopong in Solomondale, a small village in Polokwane and launched a ward. There were 65 people in attendance.
IN MATOKS AND MANKWENG
On the 4th July, we went to Matoks and Mankweng, these are two rural areas, where there are four mosques. We set up an Appointment and met with the local chief of authority and the community.
We launched on the 5th and 6th of July, 59 people in attendance. And signed 30 members, mostly Muslims.
They have since chosen a chair and secretary respectively.
IN SEKGOSESE AND SOOKMEKAR
On the 3rd of June, we campaigned in Sookmekaar Village. We were welcomed by the community and senior members of the community. The meeting was attended by approximately 88 people and 60 signed the membership forms. When they were doing rounds, many complained about electricity and water.
On the following weekend Mln Eesa met with Bela Bela Islamic leaders, Mokopane Akasia and the community.
We also met with people of Jinnah park, Moshate and Akasia.
On the week of 13th of July, we conducted voter registration in the Mopani area. Therer are many people still not registered, especially among the youth. We need to address this quicklysomething quick, or our effort won’t bare any fruits.
On the week of 8 July 2023 they had a meeting and launched AL JAMA-AH in Ba Phalaborwa.
Recruiting close to 109 members and 109 signed members. They promised to pay and they will be going back to launch the wards in that area. Post launch they visited Dr Maphuta hospital and made Dua to the sick and the old.
On the 19 July 2023 we launched AL JAMA-AH in Venda and Thohoyandou. We managed to recruit close to 300 members and 200 signed members. They promised to pay and they will be going back as they have Rashid Adam Cader holding fort for them.
MODJAJI ROYAL FAMILY
On the 24th and 25th of July, they were called to Modjadji by the regent Chief to be part of the program that they were having. They wanted to meet up with the Al Jama-ah National Leadership, but they attended the event with 50 plus persons of the royal family and the community at Mamaope Creche. Accommodation was provided.
We had previously launched in the region and recruited and met with the Kings representatives. We explained our aim and promised to deliver a platform that would put the Balobedu people first.
They told them they would need office space and a place to work since they control large areas.
They invited them back 3 weeks later. They were asked to share our Manifesto with the community. While there they delivered pamphlets to Sethakong, Rapitsi, Merinyen and more.
They were shown the challenges people are experiencing. In one village people were living 6 in one room.
They were given an office area – still to be reviewed by leadership. 10 members from their side attended.
Thank you to leadership for assisting with funding for transportation and the mini launches.
