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DECLARATION OF A HERITAGE RESOURCE AS A PROVINCIAL HERITAGE SITE, "THE AI-JAAMIA MASJID", SITUATED ON ERF 58573, STEGMAN ROAD, CLAREMONT, CAPE TOWN

SiteReference: 

Organisation: 

DeclarationType: 

Gazette Date: 

Friday, October 11, 2019

NoticeNo: 

P.N. 001/2019

Notice Date: 

Friday, October 11, 2019

GazetteFile: 

AttachmentSize
PDF icon AI-Jaamia Masjid.pdf1.95 MB

DiagramNo: 

S.G. 6009/1983

ShortDescription: 

By virtue of the powers vested in Heritage Western Cape, as the provincial heritage resources authority for the province of the Western Cape, in terms of Section 27(2) of the National Heritage Resources Act, Act no. 25 of 1999, archaeological and palaeontological sites, unmarked burials, the landscape and natural features of cultural significance and structures situated on or at Erf 58573, Cape Town, corresponding with the AI-Jaamia Masjid, Claremont, Cape Town and as reflected in the below schedule, are hereby formally protected under Section 27 of the Act.

FullDescription: 

In terms of Section 27 of the National Heritage Resources Act, No. 25 of 1999, Heritage Western Cape hereby declares the AI-Jaamia Masjid, fully described in the schedule, as a Provincial Heritage Site.

Schedule
The demarcation of the Provincial Heritage Site is as follows:

The AI-Jaamia Masjid on Erf 58573 in Claremont, Cape Town, as described in the SG Diagram No. 6009-83.

Significance

The AI-Jaamia Masjid is a remnant of the once vibrant community uprooted by the Group Areas Act. The congregation of the Stegman Road Masjid played a pivotal role in the discourse against apartheid. The AI-Jaamia Masjid bears strong association to Imam Haron, the dynamic and much-loved community leader who was tortured and killed for his role in the anti-apartheid struggle.

The AI-Jaamia Masjid flourished in spite of the close-knit Muslim community forcefully removed by the Group Areas Act in the 1960s. The members of the Stegman Road Masjid suffered many hardships but resisted and continue the legacy of faith, congregation and upliftment through education. Imam Haron served the Masjid, as well as the Muslim community until his 'death' in 1969 and the work of Imam Haron continues at
the AI-Jaamia Masjid through programmes he initiated.

 
 

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