Al Jama-ah (, ) is a South African political party. It was formed in 2007 by present leader

Ganief Hendricks Mogamad Ganief Ebrahim Hendricks (born 14 September 1949) is a South African politician, businessman, lecturer and teacher who is a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He became an MP on 22 May 2019. He is the founder and current le ...

and contested the

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and

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national elections. The party aims to support

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interests and uphold

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law. The flag of Al Jama-ah depicts a white gim (, the first letter in its Arabic name), upon a field consisting of the other Islamic colours.

History

Until

, the party had no elected representatives nationally or provincially although it came close in both the

and

elections, and won 9 seats at the local level in the

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municipal elections. It made a breakthrough in

, winning its first national representative (becoming the first Islam-affiliated party to do so), as well as one seat in the Western Cape legislature. In October 2019, its member of parliament for the Western Cape, Izgak De Jager, was replaced by Galil Brinkhuis after De Jager was accused of not complying with an agreement to pay 50% of his gross salary to the party. De Jager in turn stated that the agreement was to pay 50% of the net, not gross salary, and accused the party of failing disclose its debt to its members.

Election results

National Assembly

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, 25,976 , 0.14 , , – , , - !

, 31,468 , 0.18 , , 1 ,

Provincial elections

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Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

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Kwazulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

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Limpopo Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...

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Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

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Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...

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Municipal elections

In a by-election in November 2020, Al-Jama-ah won a ward in the

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from the Democratic Alliance. , - ! Election ! Votes ! % ! +/– , - !

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, 36,891 , 0.10% , -

References

External links

Al Jama-ah
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jama-ah 2007 establishments in South Africa Islamic political parties in South Africa Islamic democratic political parties Political parties established in 2007

History

Election results

National Assembly

Provincial elections

Municipal elections

See also

References

External links