Press Release

PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: NONE 10 July 2020 HUMAN TRAGEDY UNFOLDING AT MASIPHUMELELE Several TV crews are filming a human tragedy unfolding at Masiphumelele Informal Settlement in Noordhoek on how people are exposed to the cold and story weather unleashing in the Western...

PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: NONE 09 July 2020 AL JAMA-AH MOURNS DEATH OF RENOWNED ISLAMIC SUFI SCHOLAR SHEIKH SERAJ HASSAN HENDRICKS OF AZZAWIA INSTITUTE IN WALMER ESTATE, CAPE TOWN THE AL JAMA-AH is saddened by the passing of Cape Town’s renowned Islamic Sufi scholar...

PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: NONE 08 July 2020 Hon. Ganief Hendrick, parliamentarian and Al Jama-ah leader revealed in parliament on Wednesday evening disturbing Muslim Covid-19 pandemic death figures. THE Muslim deaths so far in the country amounts to four times more than...

PRESS RELEASE NO EMBARGO 03 July 2020 Heartless and callous police action at informal settlement in Silvertown, Malmesbury The callous police action against service delivery protesters on Wednesday at an informal settlement in Silvertown, in Chatsworth near Malmesbury...

PRESS RELEASE NO EMBARGO 25 June 2020 AL JAMA-AH welcomes Supplementary Budget The AL JAMA-AH party has welcomed the zero- based budgeting model which the party suggested to the Finance Minister Tito Mboweni at a briefing called earlier this year with Leaders of...

PRESS RELEASE 18 June 2020 AL JAMA-AH BELIEVES THE YOUTH IN THE WESTERN IS BEING MARGINALISED THE Western Cape youth continue to be marginalised and we cannot celebrate June 16th on the Cape Flats as the Cape must still get freedom. While the rest of the country got...

As we commemorate and remember the tragic events of June 16 1976 we must do serious introspective that the uprisings should not be seen as an event within the confines of this historic month on our calendar.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 June 2020 AL JAMA-AH to pilot new business incubator project for youth with disabilities on the Cape Flats Al Jama-ah is calling for people with disabilities including sensory disabilities under 27 years old to join its innovative business...

The AL JAMA-AH is saddened by the death of Boeta Yusuf Abrahams a founder member of Masjlis Shura which was headed by Sheikh Mahdi of the Azzavia Mosque in Walmer Estate, Cape Town.

The AL JAMA-AH party is disappointed that the Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision not to remove the insulting entry on the death certificate of Muslim women married for 40 years and more.

The AL JAMA-AH party welcomed the amendments made to the Covid-19 National Lockdown Alert Level 3 Regulations permitting all fishing including recreational fishing.

AL JAMA-AH’s leader in Parliament and Member of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development (SBD), Hon Ganief Hendricks says the party supports the establishment of an interest free State Bank.

Africa must embrace a cyber-civilization to fast track a truly United Africa with the advantage it is the first virtual Continent in the world.

As you know the President responded to AL JAMA-AH’s application for temporary relief (clause 38 of the Constitution) by saying at a meeting with political party leaders that to deem the Eid ceremony in the same way as a funeral ceremony which is under lockdown Level 4 regarded as not being a prohibited gathering, is very logical.

The AL JAMA-AH is calling on the City of Cape Town (COCT) to extend the Public Participation process on proposed new amendments to its streets, public places and the prevention of noise nuisances by-law for public comment. 

The AL JAMA-AH Party says saving lives must trump saving livelihoods. The party therefor rejects the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa’s agreement to balance saving lives and saving livelihoods.

AL JAMA-AH says the proposed plan to open schools before the majority of the economy opens is absurd! The Party values education and wants to ensure that our learners are taught under the best possible conditions but our motto is health and safety first.

AL JAMA-AH leader in Parliament, Hon Ganief Hendricks is calling on members of Saps to stop harassing NGOs, community activists and individuals who distribute cooked meals to the needy.

AL JAMA-AH leader in Parliament, Hon Ganief Hendricks expressed his disappointment that the Department of Health will not be employing ABOUT 50 South African medical expatriates or to facilitate their return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where they are employed.

The AL JAMA-AH party has submitted an urgent question for written reply to the Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to intervene in the matter of Muslim marriages still being classified as “illegal.”