One of the ANC's ’’youngest and brightest new MPs’’, advocate Hishaam Mohamed, a UWC and Harvard graduate who had served the Western Cape Department of Justice for 27 years, died this afternoon.
A University of the Western Cape graduate, who also holds a qualification from Harvard University, passed away this afternoon, the ANC said in a statement.He went to Parliament after the 2019 general election as the MP for Grassy Park. Mohamed, who grew up in Lotus River, was also the ANC whip for the justice and correctional services portfolio committee.“We are devastated because Comrade Hishaam touched us all and went out of his way to help wherever he could,” the ANC said.
He served the department for 27 years and pioneered the establishment of the first Family Court, Mobile Courts, Tax Court and the development of Community Safety Forums. “I have worked under five different ministers. One of my greatest successes was the Isondlo initiative, Pay Your Maintenance,” Mohamed told Weekend Argus last year.
He began his work in the legal fraternity when he was 25 as a temporary clerk at the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on February 1, 1990.
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