Fadiel Adams

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| term_start = 14 June 2024

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| office1 = President of the National Coloured Congress

| term_start1 = August 2020

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| birth_name = Fadiel Adams

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|06|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa

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| children = 4

| party = National Coloured Congress (2020–present)

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Fadiel Adams (born 14 June 1976)[https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Documents/Candidates-List-NPE2024/National%20Candidates%20List.pdf NPE2024 - National Candidates List as on 10 April 2024] Retrieved on 17 October 2024 is a South African politician and founder of the National Coloured Congress.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Early life

Adams was the third of six children. His father was a builder and his mother a seamstress. Adams dropped out of school in Grade 11, and got involved in gangsterism and drugs. By age 30, he was homeless and addicted.{{Cite web |last=Petersen |first=Tammy |title=From sink hokkie to council seat: Cape Coloured Congress' Fadiel Adams ready to roll up his sleeves |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/from-sink-hokkie-to-council-seat-cape-coloured-congress-fadiel-adams-ready-to-roll-up-his-sleeves-20211119 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}

After going clean, Adams worked as a tiler and plumber.

Politics

Adams got involved in politics in 2018 after the Siqalo riots in Mitchells Plain in 2018. After searching for his brother, who had been arrested, an interview shot him to prominence.{{Cite web |last=Plessis |first=Aneeqa Du |date=2024-06-04 |title=The Rise of the National Coloured Congress: A Profile of Fadiel Adams |url=https://www.vocfm.co.za/the-rise-of-the-national-coloured-congress-a-profile-of-fadiel-adams/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Voice of the Cape |language=en-GB}} In June 2018, Adams co-founded "Gatvol Capetonian", an organisation which described itself as "a group of gatvol [fed up] Capetonians who are sick of racist B.E.E. policies, poor service delivery and crime".{{Cite web |last=Andersen |first=Nic |date=2018-06-06 |title=Gatvol Capetonian: Everything you need to know about the organisation |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/what-is-gatvol-capetonian/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=The South African |language=en-ZA}}

In 2020, Adams founded the Cape Coloured Congress and was elected to the Cape Town City Council in the 2021 South African municipal elections.

In 2023, the party renamed itself the National Coloured Congress, intending to contest the 2024 South African general election.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=Cape Coloured Congress (CCC) goes national, eyes parliament - Radio 786 |url=https://www.radio786.co.za/cape-coloured-congress-ccc-goes-national/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |language=en-ZA}} The party won two seats, with Adams elected to national parliament.

During February and March 2023, Adams made derogatory remarks about City of Cape Town Manager Lungelo Mbandazayo, during Facebook Live broadcasts. The South African Equality Court ruled that Adams' comments were racially offensive, unfair discrimination, hate speech, and harassment. Adams was ordered to apologize to Mbandazayo as a result.{{cite web|url= https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/cape-town-mayor-geordin-hill-lewis-survives-first-motion-of-no-confidence-20250528-0810 |title= Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis survives first motion of no confidence |author= Marvin Charles |publisher= news24 |date= 28 May 2025 |access-date= 29 May 2025 }}

References

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from Cape Town

Category:National Coloured Congress politicians

Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029