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Marian Shinn | |
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Shadow Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Leader | Mmusi Maimane |
Shadow Minister of Communications | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
Preceded by | Natasha Michael |
Succeeded by | Gavin Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Zimbabwe |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Residence(s) | Cape Town,South Africa |
Marian Shinn is a South African politician,a former Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance (DA),and the former Shadow Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services. [1]
Shinn was born and educated in Zimbabwe.
She moved to South Africa in 1971 to join the Rand Daily Mail which helped start her journalism career. Her journalism career continued at The Star in 1974 where Shinn focused on human rights and social welfare issues. She was on the team that reported from Alexandra,north of Johannesburg,during the June 1976 student uprising. [2]
During her journalism career,she also worked for the Sunday Tribune,Sunday Times and Sunday Express ,before venturing into information technology (IT) trade journalism.
In 1984,Shinn won the first IT Journalism of the Year award for editing South Africa's first magazine aimed at business users of IT and the following year,she started a public relations consultancy specializing in IT.
Marian was active in the Five Freedoms Forum twhichaimed to promote dialogue between white and black South Africans,and in 1989 she was part of the forum's delegation that visited the African National Congress in Lusaka.
On moving to Cape Town in 1998,Shinn joined the Muizenberg branch of the Democratic Party and frequently served as the branch chairperson,actively driving growth and diversity in Ward 64. She is also a member of the South Peninsula constituency.
Other pursuits have included being active in environmental groups such as the Friend of the Pilanesberg and Zandile Trust.
Shinn is also a writer;in 2002,her feature film script was selected as a finalist at the Moondance Film Festival held in Boulder,Colorado.
Shinn served as the DA Shadow Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services. [1] In this position,she has raised many questions about the ruling party in South Africa [3] and problems within her realm of expertise. [4]
Shinn retired from politics at the 2019 general election. [5]
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