Ishaam Abader

Ishaam Abader was appointed to his current role in December 2007. He holds a BA degree in Law and a BProc from the University of South Africa, as well as a MBA from the University of Wales. Abader is admitted as an attorney in the High Court of South Africa.

From 1996 to 1997 he completed his articles of clerkship at Dockrat and Ismail Attorneys and subsequently went on to hold assistant state attorney and senior state attorney positions. In 1997 Ishaam Abader was appointed as a state attorney in the Department of Justice before moving to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment.

There he advanced from deputy director and director positions before his appointment as chief director: Legal Services within the Departmen