Mogamad Ganief Ebrahim 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 leader of Al Jama-ah, a party for upholding Muslim interests in South Africa. Hendricks was previously a City of Cape Town municipal councillor. Since 3 July 2024, he serves as Deputy Minister of Social Development of South Africa.

Early life and education Hendricks was born on 14 September 1949 to Imam Shaikh Ebrahim Latiff from Durban and Ghairoennisaa Ally Hendricks from District Six. His mother was a political activist. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents were from Johannesburg and they were involved in the struggle against apartheid. The Latiff family had to change their surname to Hendricks in order to avoid being deported to the Natal Province during the 1960s. Hendricks was elected to the Cape Town city council in 2011 as Al Jama-ah's sole councillor. He was re-elected in 2016.

Parliament In the 2019 general election, Al Jama-ah won one seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. He serves on multiple committees, including the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour, the Portfolio Committee on Health, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, and the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development.After the 2024 elections Al jama-ah joined the progressive Cucas which included parties like the MK, EFF, ATM, PAC, UDM, NCC and were opposing the Government of national unity, however days later after the first sitting of parliament Hendricks announced that Al jama-ah will join the government of national unity and on 30 June he was appointed deputy minister of Social development under minister Sisisi Tolashe.

In March 2021, Hendricks voted against establishing an ad-hoc committee to investigate Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office. He became a non-voting member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry on 7 April 2021. On 21 June 2021, he became a voting member.

Cape Town mayoral candidacy On 31 May 2021, Hendricks was announced as Al Jama-ah's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town in the 2021 local government elections.

Personal life Hendricks is married to Fatima. They have four children.