[6][7] The flag of Al Jama-ah depicts a white ǧīm (ج, the first letter in its Arabic name), upon a field consisting of the other Islamic colours.

It made a breakthrough in 2019, winning its first national representative (becoming the first Islam-affiliated party to do so), as well as one seat in the Western Cape legislature.

De Jager in turn stated that the agreement was to pay 50% of the net, not gross salary, and accused the party of failing to disclose its debt to its members.

[10] In January 2023, Al Jama-ah's Thapelo Amad was chosen as Mayor of Johannesburg with the support of the African National Congress.

[13] The leader of Al Jama-ah, Mogamad Ganief Ebrahim Hendricks, became Deputy Minister of Social Development in the coalition.

[14] Al Jama-ah is a social democratic party[15] with a focus on food and water security, education, and economic equality.

It also wants to improve the quality of public schooling to dismantle the legacy of unequal access to education left by Apartheid.

[21] Amad was replaced as Mayor by one of only three Al Jama-ah councillors in the City of Johannesburg, Kabelo Gwamanda, who was elected with the support of the ANC and the EFF.

Galil Brinkhuis, a religious leader who represents Al Jama-ah in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament made a prayer for the African National Congress during a sitting of the legislature on the eve of the 2024 elections, adding that he hoped the party would take the lead in province.