He is the founder and current leader of Al Jama-ah, a party for upholding Muslim interests in South Africa.

Hendricks was deputy chairperson of the Forum for Black Journalists and served as the General Secretary of the trade union for workers with sensory disorders.

[1] Hendricks worked as a Regional Personnel Manager and later a National Industrial Relations Specialist at Nestlé for 18 years.

[1] Hendricks founded Al Jama-ah in April 2007, a party intended to uphold Muslim rights and interests in South Africa.

In the 2019 general election, Al Jama-ah won one seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.

[4] In March 2021, Hendricks voted against establishing an ad-hoc committee to investigate Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office.

[7] On 31 May 2021, Hendricks was announced as Al Jama-ah's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town in the 2021 local government elections.