Cape Muslim Congress
Political party in South Africa
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The Cape Muslim Congress is a South African Muslim political party active in Cape Town and led by founder Yagyah Adams. It won a single seat in the City of Cape Town in 2011, and again in 2016, taken up by Adams.
Cape Muslim Congress | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Yagyah Adams |
| Founder | Yagyah Adams |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Ideology | Minority politics |
| Slogan | Serving the communities of the Cape |
| Cape Town City Council | 1 / 231 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The party favours the reinstatement of the death penalty, and supports castration for violent offenders.[1]
Election results
Municipal elections
| City of Cape Town local election, 18 May 2011[2][3] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Seats | |||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 3,658 | 2,740 | 6,398 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||