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'''Job Sikhala''' (born 1972) is a [[Zimbabwe]] politician and the current Deputy National Chairman of the [[Movement for Democratic Change (2018)|Movement for Democratic Change]]. Since July 2018 he has been the member of parliament for [[List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies#Harare|Zengeza West]]. He was formerly a member of parliament for the St Mary's constituency.
'''Job Sikhala''' (born 1972) is a [[Zimbabwe]] politician.
Sikhala is the current Deputy National Chairman of the [[Movement for Democratic Change (2018)|Movement for Democratic Change]]. Since July 2018 he has been the member of parliament for [[List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies#Harare|Zengeza West]]. He was formerly a member of parliament for the St Mary's constituency.


Sikhala was born in the former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in 1972. He graduated from Mazungunye High School in [[Bikita District|Bikita]],<ref name="Gambakwe-1">{{Cite web|title=The True Life Story Of Job Sikhala |publisher=Gambakwe Media |date=8 October 2019 |url=https://gambakwe.com/2019/10/08/the-true-life-story-of-job-sikhala/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304020819/https://gambakwe.com/2019/10/08/the-true-life-story-of-job-sikhala/ |archive-date=4 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> and went on to the [[University of Zimbabwe]] where he received a bachelor's degree in history and economic history and a law degree.<ref name="Gambakwe-1" /><ref name="BBC-2018">{{Cite news|title=Job Sikhala |date=13 June 2003 |newspaper=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/2982404.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030618080105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/2982404.stm |archive-date=18 June 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref> At university he was involved with student activism.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Matikinye |first=Ray |title=Sikhala says funding claims a hoax |date=13 October 2007 |newspaper=[[Zimbabwe Independent|The Zimbabwe Independent]] |url=https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2007/10/19/sikhala-says-funding-claims-a-hoax/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304022637/https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2007/10/19/sikhala-says-funding-claims-a-hoax/ |archive-date=4 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Sikhala was born in the former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in 1972. He graduated from Mazungunye High School in [[Bikita District|Bikita]],<ref name="Gambakwe-1">{{Cite web|title=The True Life Story Of Job Sikhala |publisher=Gambakwe Media |date=8 October 2019 |url=https://gambakwe.com/2019/10/08/the-true-life-story-of-job-sikhala/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304020819/https://gambakwe.com/2019/10/08/the-true-life-story-of-job-sikhala/ |archive-date=4 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> and went on to the [[University of Zimbabwe]] where he received a bachelor's degree in history and economic history and a law degree.<ref name="Gambakwe-1" /><ref name="BBC-2018">{{Cite news|title=Job Sikhala |date=13 June 2003 |newspaper=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/2982404.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030618080105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/2982404.stm |archive-date=18 June 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref> At university he was involved with student activism.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Matikinye |first=Ray |title=Sikhala says funding claims a hoax |date=13 October 2007 |newspaper=[[Zimbabwe Independent|The Zimbabwe Independent]] |url=https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2007/10/19/sikhala-says-funding-claims-a-hoax/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304022637/https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2007/10/19/sikhala-says-funding-claims-a-hoax/ |archive-date=4 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Job Sikhala (born 1972) is a Zimbabwe politician.

Sikhala is the current Deputy National Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change. Since July 2018 he has been the member of parliament for Zengeza West. He was formerly a member of parliament for the St Mary's constituency.

Sikhala was born in the former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in 1972. He graduated from Mazungunye High School in Bikita,[1] and went on to the University of Zimbabwe where he received a bachelor's degree in history and economic history and a law degree.[1][2] At university he was involved with student activism.[3]

In 1999, Sikhala joined the Movement for Democratic Change at its inception and was part of the national executive of the party. In the 2000 elections he was elected to parliament from the St. Mary's constituency. In the party schism of 2005, Sikhala followed Welshman Ncube and was part of the MDC–N. In 2014 Sikhala further split from the MDC-N to create the MDC 99 faction.[4] After the reunification of the MDC in 2018, Sikhala replaced Tendai Biti as Deputy National Chairman in May 2019.[5]

In 2019, Sikhala was charged by the Zimbabwe government with treason.[6][7] In February 2020 he was cleared of those charges.[8]


Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "The True Life Story Of Job Sikhala". Gambakwe Media. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Job Sikhala". BBC News. 13 June 2003. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003.
  3. ^ Matikinye, Ray (13 October 2007). "Sikhala says funding claims a hoax". The Zimbabwe Independent. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ Mudimu, Leslie (23 August 2017). "Tsvangirai's MDC has slowly evolved into a version of Zanu-PF". Daily Maverick. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe: Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including political status, organizational structure, leadership, activities, relationship with other political parties, and membership cards; treatment of MDC members by authorities (2017-May 2019)". European Country of Origin Information Network of the Austrian Red Cross’ department ACCORD. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020.
  6. ^ Kumbuka, Desmond; Marawanyika, Godfrey (9 July 2019). "Zimbabwe Opposition Official Charged With Treason, Lawyers Say". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe opposition MP arrested on treason charges: lawyer". The Citizen. Gauteng, South Africa. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe opposition MP cleared of treason". BBC News. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020.
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