Personal Life
Ayob attended the Methodist Coloured School until the age of 14, when was sent to Pretoria to continue his schooling at the Pretoria Indian Boys High School, as schools in his area were closed to him because of his race. He is married to Zamila Ayob and they have one son, Zayd Ismail Ayob, who is also his law partner.
Due to his Indian heritage, Ayob found that he could not attend university after he completed high school in 1959. He moved to London, where he attended the London School of Economics and read law. He qualified as a barrister and returned to South Africa to practice as an attorney.
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