Job Sikhala
Job Sikhala nicknamed Wiwa is a Zimbabwe politician.Career
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, and went on to the University of Zimbabwe where he received a bachelor's degree in history and economic history and a law degree. At university he was involved with student activism.
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. After the reunification of the MDC in 2018, Sikhala replaced Tendai Biti as Deputy National Chairman in May 2019.
In 2019, Sikhala was charged by the Zimbabwe government with treason. In February 2020 he was cleared of those charges.
