Industry recognition
Zahida actively lobbies for immigration reform by preparing representations to the South African Department of Home Affairs on new and proposed legislative changes. She has previously advised various business chambers and professional bodies on their submissions to government in relation to proposed legislative changes.
Zahida previously also served on a panel of specialist advisors to a previous Minister of Home Affairs.
She is often invited to speak at various international and local immigration law seminars, including:
AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) Global Migration Section (annually since 2013)
The International Bar Association’s Nationality and Immigration Conference (biannually since 2007)
The International Bar Association’s Virtually Together Conference (2020)
She also contributed to a number of international and local texts and publications, including Labour Law for Managers: A Practical Handbook; the Employment Law Review and the Getting the Deal Through Labour and Employment Law publication, Global Mobility Handbook, and Oxford University Press' Corporate Immigration Guide.
She is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:
Best Lawyers® 2021, 2020, 2019 – Immigration (South Africa)
Who’s Who Legal 2019,2017, 2016 – Immigration (South Africa)
She was awarded the Business Women’s Association’s Regional Business Achiever Award in the Professional category in 2016.