At the Masjid & Institutions Waqf Forum (organised by AWQAF SA) held at the Masjid Abu Bakr Siddique, Erasmia, South Africa, and which was attended by several local and intrernational scholars, activists, mosque & madressah committee members, and businessmen, a positive outcome of the deliberations is the start of a research project that would document around 20 Masjid & Institution based waqfs in South Africa. Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI, member of the Islamic Develeopment Bank Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) said that there was a strong need to build capacity within thew waqf sector so as to further grow and professionalise the sector so that good governance and confidence may prevail. In addition he endorsed the research project and suggested that Awqaf SA works with IRTI to undertake such a project not only in South Africa but regionally too.