Marian Shinn

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Marian Shinn MP

Shadow Minister of Science and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Leader	Helen Zille
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2009
Personal details
Born	Zimbabwe
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa

Marian Shinn is a South African politician, a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Shadow Minister of Science and Technology.^[1]

Early life and journalism career

Shinn was born and educated in Zimbabwe.

She moved to South Africa in 1971 to join the Rand Daily Mail. 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 specialising in IT the following year.

Political career

Marian was active in the Five Freedoms Forum that aimed to promote dialogue between white and black South Africans, and in 1989 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 interests and hobbies

Other pursuits have included being active in environmental groups such as the Friend of the Pilanesberg and Zandvlei Trust.

Shinn is also a writer; in 2002, her feature film script was a selected as a finalist at the Moondance Film Festival held in Boulder, Colorado.

Political life

Shinn serves the DA as Shadow Minister of Science and Technology.^[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]

References

Offices held

Political offices
Preceded by	Shadow Minister of Science and Technology 2009–present	Incumbent

v t e Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of South Africa

Shadow Ministers:	Davidson De Freitas Dreyer Farrow Greyling Harris Hoosen James Kloppers-Lourens Kohler Barnard Kopane Lamoela Lorimer Lotriet Lovemore K Marais Max Maynier Mazibuko Mcgluwa Michael Mokgalapa Morgan Motau Ollis Rabotapi Selfe Shinn Smuts Steenhuisen Steyn Trollip Van den Berg Waters

Shadow Deputy Ministers:	Boinamo Bosman Coetzee Du Toit Duncan Eloff Esau Hill-Lewis Krumbock Lee E Marais Mnqasela More Mubu Paulse Robinson Ross Schafer Schmidt Smalle Smiles Steyn Stubbe Swathe Terblanche Van Dalen Van der Linde Van der Westhuizen Van Dyk Van Schalkwyk Wenger

Other Members in Attendance:	George Kalyan Rabie Swart Watson

v t e Current members of the National Assembly of South Africa by party

ANC	Sisulu Abram Ainslie Balfour Baloyi Bapela Bastardo-Ibanez R Bhengu P Bhengu Bikani Bloem Bogopane-Zulu Bonhomme Booi Borman Boshigo Botha Burgess Carrim Chabane Chauke Chikunga Chohan Coleman Cronin Dambuza Davies De Lange Diale Dikgacwi Dlamini Dlulane Doidge Dubazana Dube Duma Dunjwa Ebrahim Farisani Fihla Fransman Frolick Fubbs Gasebonwe Gcwabaza Gelderblom Gigaba Gina Godongwana Golobo Gona Goqwana Gumede Gungubele Gxowa Hajaig Hanekom Hangana Hendricks Holomisa Huang Jeffery Joemat-Peterson Johnson Kekana Kenye Khorai Kholwane Khumalo Khunou Komphela Koornhof Kota-Fredericks Kubayi Landers Lekgetho Line Luthuli Luyenge Maake Mabaso Mabedla Mabudafhasi Mabuza Madikizela-Mandela Madlala Maduna Mapule Mafolo Magagula Magama Magau Magazi Magwanishe Mahlangu-Nkabinde Makasi Makhubela-Mashele Makhubele Makwetla Malale Malgas Maluleka Maluleka Manamela Manana Mandela Manganye Mangena Manuel Martins Masango Mashigo Mashile Mashishi Masilo Masutha Mataboge Mathebe Mathebe Mathebula Mathibela Matlanyane Matshoba Maunye Mavunda Mbalula Mbili Mdaka Mdakane Mdladlana Mentor Mfeketo Mgabadeli Mjobo H Mkhize L Mkhize Mkhulusi Mlambo Mlangeni Mmusi Mnisi Mocumi Mohale Molebatsi Molewa Moloi-Moroka Monareng Morutoa Moss Motimele Motlanthe M Motshekga A Motshekga Motsoaledi Mpahlwa E Mthethwa N Mthethwa Mtshali Mufamadi Mugwanya Mushwana Muthambi Mchabeleng Ndabandaba Ndabeni Ndebele Nel Nelson Nene Newhoudt-Druchen Ngcobo Ngele Ngwenya Ngwenya-Mabila Nhlengethwa Njikelana Nkoana-Mashabane Nkwinti Nonkonyana November C Nqakula N Nqakula B Ntuli Z Ntuli Nxesi Nxumalo Nyama M Nyanda S Nyanda Nyekemba Nzimande Oliphant Oosthuizen Padayachie Pandor Peters Phaahla Phaliso Pillay Pilusa-Mosoane Pule B Radebe G Radebe J Radebe Ramathlodi Ramodibe Rantsolase Saal Schneemann Sefularo Segale-Diswai Selau Sexwale Shabangu Shiceka Shoba Sibhida Sibiya L Sisulu Sithole Smith Sizani Skosana Skweyiya Snell Sogoni Sonjica Sosibo Soytu Stofile Suka Sulliman Surty Thabethe Thobejane Thomson Tinto Tlake Tobias Tsebe Tseke Tsenoli Tshivhase Tshwete Tsotetsi Turok Twala Vadi van der Merwe van Schalkwyk Vanqa Williams Xaba Xasa Xingwana Yengeni B Zulu L Zulu Zuma

DA	Mazibuko Balindlela Boinamo Bosman R Coetzee T Coetzee Davidson De Freitas Doman Dreyer Du Toit Duncan Ellis Farrow Figlan Fritz George James Kalyan Kloppers-Lourens Kohler Barnard Kopane Krumbock Lamoela Lee Lorimer Lotriet E Marais S Marais Masango Maynier Michael Mnqasela Mokgalapa More Morgan Motau Mubu Ollis Pretorius Rabie Rabotapi Robinson Schäfer H Schmidt J Schmidt Selfe Shinn Smiles Smuts Steele A Steyn B Steyn Swart Swathe Terblanche Trollip van Dalen van den Berg van der Linde van der Walt van der Westhuizen van Dyk van Schalkwyk Waters Wenger

COPE	Lekota Adams Blaai Botha Carter Dandala Dexter Gcume George Kganare Kilian Koornhof MacKenzie Madisha Mashiane Mda Mnguni Molao Ndude Ngonyama Nhanha Njobe Ntshiqela Odendaal Rwexana Shilowa Thusi Tolo Vukuza-Linda

IFP	Buthelezi Cebekhulu Dhlamini Lucas Helen Makhuba Mncwango Mpontshane Christian Msimang Msweli Ndlovu Seeng Ntanzi Mario Oriani-Ambrosini Narend Singh Skosana Smith van der Merwe Zikalala Zondi

FF+	P Mulder Groenewald C Mulder Spies

ID	de Lille Greyling Hoosen Seirus

UDM	Holomisa Gaehler Kganyago Stanley Ntapane

ACDP	Meshoe Dudley Swart

APC	Godi

AZAPO	Mangena

MF	Bhoola

PAC	Mphahlele

UCDP	Ditshetelo

Party leaders in italics

Persondata
Name	Shinn, Marian
Alternative names
Short description	Member of Parliament of South Africa
Date of birth
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death

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