Zaahedah has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the College of Human Sciences, UNISA. She is currently studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Management with the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. In 2017, Zaahedah was awarded a fellowship by the Auwal Socioeconomic Research Institute (ASRI), where she participated in a programme to develop the intellectual ability, knowledge base, practical skills as well as the social capital of participants. Zaahedah has also worked as a privet school tutor and as a translator and transcriber and is also engaged as a volunteer in a programme that provides mentoring and leadership skills to promising young scholars in Johannesburg. 

Zaahedah has experience in assisting on various projects at different levels, including administration, research and fieldwork.