Fadiel Adams
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| Born | Fadiel Adams (1976-06-14) 14 June 1976 (age 48) Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Political party | National Coloured Congress (2020–present) |
| Children | 4 |
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Fadiel Adams (born 14 June 1976)[1] is a South African politician and founder of the National Coloured Congress.
Adams was the third of six children. His father was a builder and his mother a seamstress. Adams dropped out of school in Grade 11, and got involved in gangsterism and drugs. By age 30, he was homeless and addicted.[2]
After going clean, Adams worked as a tiler and plumber.[2]
Adams got involved in politics in 2018 after the Siqalo riots in Mitchells Plain in 2018. After searching for his brother, who had been arrested, an interview shot him to prominence.[3] In June 2018, Adams co-founded "Gatvol Capetonian", an organisation which described itself as "a group of gatvol [fed up] Capetonians who are sick of racist B.E.E policies, poor service delivery and crime".[4]
In 2020, Adams founded the Cape Coloured Congress and was elected to the Cape Town City Council in the 2021 South African municipal elections.
In 2023, the party renamed itself the National Coloured Congress, intending to contest the 2024 South African general election.[5] The party won two seats, with Adams elected to national parliament.[3]
