Transcript Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan

Al Ghazali College
Matric Farewell Dinner
Class of 2015
It is the end of something simple and the
beginning of everything else…
16 October 2015
Al Ghazali Sport Centre
Welcome Address – Mr H. C. Karsan
He who lives without
discipline, dies
without honour.
– Icelandic Proverb
Opening Qiraat – Arshaad Essa
It’s wonderful to be
successful. But even
better to be able to
share success.
Principal’s Address - Mr S. Khan
Live so that when your
children think of
fairness and integrity,
they think of you.
– H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Class of 2015
Headboy’s Address – Shiraz Mohamed
What is a vision? It
is a compelling
image of an
achievable future.
Address by Chairman of the Board –
Mr S. Osman
There is no short cut to life.
To the end of our days, life is a
lesson imperfectly learnt.
- Harrison E. Salisbury
Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan
Deputy Minister, MsFatima Chohan, having
had a distinguished career as a Member of
Parliament, was appointed by President
Jacob Zuma as Deputy Minister of Home
Affairs on 1 November 2010.
Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan
As a Member of Parliament since 1996 when she
was appointed as a back-bencher, Deputy
Minister Chohan has chaired various ad hoc
committees as well as the Portfolio Committees
on Justice and Constitutional Development,
Public Enterprises and Basic Education in the
National Assembly.
Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan
Deputy Minister Chohan is currently a
representative of the National Assembly to the
Judicial Services Commission having been
nominated in May 2009.She was also nominated to
represent Parliament on the Magistrates
Commission for two terms during which she chaired
the Western Cape Provincial Committee of the
Magistrates Commission which recommended new
appointments to the Bench.
Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan
Prior to being appointed as a Member of
Parliament, Deputy Minister Chohan held the
following positions: Legal Advisor in the Office of
the Premier (Gauteng), Legal Advisor in the
Gauteng Legislature, and Deputy Head of the
Metro Legal Services in the Greater
Johannesburg.
Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan
Beginning her activist career while still a student,
Deputy Minister Chohan, while at WITS, was elected
to the Executive Committee of the Muslim Students
Society while also being a member of the Black
Student Society.
With a BProc from the University of Witwatersrand
(WITS), Deputy Minister Chohan was admitted to the
Side Bar in 1998.
Keynote Speaker – Deputy Minister
Ms Fatima Chohan
Women of South Africa
are some of the most
powerful people on Earth.
Change what you believe
is possible for yourself.
– Oprah Winfrey
Zakiyya
Must take the scarf
off! – It aggravates
my headache and
anxiety.
Mooaza
“Now you see me,
now you don’t…
Almaaz
Must be
something in my
food and drink – I
can’t stop talking.
Tasneem
Soo much to say –
soo little time and
space for intellectual
development.
Aaqila
Arrived late…
wait for me…
I need to catch up.
Ashiya
Once upon a time,
there lived a real lady
in AL GHAZALI.
Arshaad
Nightingale of
Al GHAZALI…
NO MATCH FOUND
Humairah
When I start laughing…
I can’t stop… But keep
in mind, it hasn’t
interfered with my
work.
Khadija
Shh…
Please keep quiet…
The teacher can’t hear
my speech.
Aliya
Here today… gone
tomorrow… and the
next… and the next.
Iman
Repeat - Here today…
gone tomorrow…
We are twins after all.
Farhaan
Don’t worry…
be happy…
Loooots of time.
Yusuf
Blame it on my grade
one teacher –
She didn’t teach me to
write clearly.
Amaarah
Cannot possibly stop
chewing – my jaw
muscles need exercise.
Shiraz
Didn’t realise there
was a prize for full
attendance.
Too late now…
Amina
DO NOT DISTURB
– on my way to
Dreamland.
Jameela
Haven’t learnt to use
my voice yet. Will have
to start sooner or
later.
Faaiza
Moosa you’re spoiling
it for me
– Behave man!
Moosa
Thought you knew I
enrolled as part-time
student – orange
cellphone keeps me
busy.
Raheema
Ahh Mualima. I know
it’s wrong, but …
I’ll do it.
Mishkaah
“Sure learnt to talk a
lot this year…
Out of my shell at last!
Presentation of subject awards
Vote of Thanks –
Head Girl of 2015 Aaliya Dadamia
Women are the
largest untapped
reservoir of talent
in the world.
– Hillary Clinton
Closing Dua – Ml. A. Mukadam
Knowledge exists
potentially in the human
soul like the seed; by
learning the potential
becomes actual.”
- Imam Al Ghazali
All the best to the Matric
Class of 2015!!!
You will be missed but never forgotten…