Memon Association of South Africa
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The Memon Association of South Africa
(formerly Memon Association of the Transvaal
) was founded in 1965, to provide financial assistance to needy Memon
and Muslim
students for further studies. The members and representatives come from 5 of the 9 Provinces of the New South Africa.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
(formerly Memon Association of the Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
) was founded in 1965, to provide financial assistance to needy Memon
Memons in South Africa
Memons in South Africa form a prosperous Muslim subgroup in that country's Indian community, and are largely descended from Memons from Kathiawar who immigrated as traders, early in the 20th century from India...
and Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
students for further studies. The members and representatives come from 5 of the 9 Provinces of the New South Africa.