Gideon Shoko
| Gideon Shoko | |
|---|---|
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| Known for | Being a politician |
| Children | Shamiso Shoko |
Gideon Shoko is a Zimbabwean politician and former deputy secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Shoko is also the former General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Railway Workers Union.[1]
Background
Shoko is the father of Thokozani Khupe's last born daughter, Shamiso Shoko, a lawyer.[2]
Service/Career
In 2014, Gideon Shoko was re-elected as the chair for the railway section in Africa at the ITF African railway conference hosted by the Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers’ Union in Gaborone on 19 and 20 February.[3] In 2008, Shoko was among more than 48 leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions arrested during peaceful marches against the financial crisis in Zimbabwe by delivering petitions to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor. Shoko and others were arrested when ZCTU Secretary-General Wellington Chibebe was addressing workers.[4]
Politics
In 2017, while as a national executive member of the MDC-T, Shoko was appointed to the Senate to replace the late Victor Mapungwana .[5]
On 1 July 2020, Gideon Shoko was one of eight Senators who was recalled by Khupe on the basis of a Supreme Court judgment which she claimed handed her the leadership of the MDC Alliance, although she took part in the 2018 election as leader of the MDC-T.[2]
2023 Nomination Court
ZEC has released results from the 21 June 2023 nomination court for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province. [6]
| Zanu PF | CCC |
|---|---|
| Molly Mpofu | Hellen Zivira |
| Tshinga Dube | Gideon Shoko |
| Esnart Moyo | Siphiwe Ncube |
| Elfas Mashaba | Felix Magalela Mafa |
| Annah Moyo | Rita Ndlovu |
| David Ndlovu | Swithern Chiroodza |
References
- ↑ Arrest of more than 48 leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, OMCT, Published: December 3, 2008, Retrieved: April 8, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tony Karombo, Khupe recalls her daughter’s father from Senate in MDC power struggle, ZimLive, Published: July 3, 2020, Retrieved: April 8, 2022
- ↑ African rail unions strongly united against industry fragmentation, ITF, Published: July 10, 2014, Retrieved: April 8, 2022
- ↑ Arrest of more than 48 leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions - ZWE 007 / 1208 / OBS 205, fidh.org, Published: December 3, 2008, Retrieved: April 8, 2022
- ↑ Nduduzo Tshuma, Senate appointment further strains Tsvangirai, Khupe relations, The Chronicle, Published: March 31, 2017, Retrieved: April 7, 2022
- ↑ ZEC releases Bulawayo Nomination Court results, Chronicle, Published: 22 June 2023, Retrieved: 22 June 2023
