By: Umar Khan (Candidate Attorney), Ziyaad E Patel Attorneys Introduction In Changing Tides 74 (Pty) Ltd v City of Johannesburg, the Johannesburg High Court held the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality liable for damages of R12,374,993.00 plus interest for its failure to provide temporary emergency accommodation to unlawful occupiers residing in a building owned by [...]

From South Africa taking the Zionist entity to the International Court of Justice over its genocide in Gaza, to civilians taking on the government for failing to prevent citizens from joining the Israeli Occupation Forces, the courts have not been left out of the battle against State sponsored oppression. Next week, the Western Cape High [...]

Ziyad Motala, has cogently exposed Zionist bias at the Daily Maverick which has now harmed its carefully curated reputation. All these Zionist held hostage institutions and editorial content gatekeepers must be exposed. Names must be put to faces and lobbyists who stifle our constitutional democracy, who protect and quietly aid and abet all forms of [...]

Click here to listen in on this moving discussion as Attorney Ziyaad Patel further critiques and condemns the draconian Death Penalty law introduced by the Israeli Knesset that solely targets Palestinians. Ziyaad Patel carefully underlines not only the direct impact of such a law on Palestinians, but he further discusses the implications it has in [...]

Watch this webinar with Attorney Ziyaad Ebrahim Patel as he delivers his views in an important discussion on Zionist - US Imperialism and the relentless genocide being perpetrated by the Zionist Israeli regime in Gaza and occupied Palestine and the region. He further delves into Israel's blatant disregard for international law and countries territorial sovereignty [...]

Click here to tune in and listen to the full interview as provided by Ziyaad Patel as he discusses the draconian and archaic law introduced by the Israeli Knesset. Ziyaad discusses not only the illegality, but also the lack of morality the world witnessed when the Israeli Knesset introduced this brutal piece of legislation.

  A "draconian and archaic" Israeli law has just been passed against Palestinians and its implications are raising serious questions. In an excerpt of this important discussion, Attorney Ziyaad Ebrahim Patel in conversation with Liaaqat Tobias of Cii Radio, unpacks what’s changed, who it affects, and why it matters now more than ever [...]

By: Umar Khan (Candidate Attorney), Ziyaad E Patel Attorneys Introduction For many South Africans, the festive season is a time associated with rest, travel, and family gatherings. However, this period often brings increased financial pressure, particularly due to holiday expenses and travel costs. The end-of-year period also results in a significant increase in the number [...]

By: Umar Khan (Candidate Attorney), Ziyaad E Patel Attorneys Introduction Following the Minister of Finance’s budget speech, a revised transfer duty framework came into effect on 1 April 2025. In terms of this update, no transfer duty is payable on immovable property transactions where the value of the property is below R1.2 million. This threshold, which is [...]