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Ismail Mahomed Ayobwas born on the 3 January 1942 to Mahomed and Julekha Ayob in Mafeking. He attended the Methodist Coloured School until the age of 14 when his schooling came to an end. There was no school open to him being a person of colour. He was sent to Pretoria to continue his schooling at the Pretoria Indian Boys High School. The Universities were closed to non whites in the year he completed his high school studies in 1959. He received a passport after a long struggle and moved to London where he attended London University's prestigious London School of Economics where he read for the LL.B degree. He qualified as a Barrister and returned to South Africa to start practice as an attorney. The bulk of his practice for the first twenty years was in human rights acting for opponents of the Apartheid government. During a long and illustrious career, primarily served under the arduous years of Apartheid, he defended and represented many South African political prisoners. Following the end of apartheid, he was elected as the first chairperson of the Gauteng Law Society and was re-elected each year for five successive years. During this time he was also elected as a council member of the Law Society of the Transvaal. He currently resides and practices law as an attorney in private practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is married to Zamila Ayob and they have one son, Zayd Ismail Ayob .
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