Q:Facts:   - residence: cape town , south africa    - leader: helen zille    - order: shadow minister of communications    - successor: gavin davis    - party: democratic alliance    - predecessor: natasha michael    - office: shadow minister of telecommunications and postal services      - term end: 2014    - term start: 2014 2012    - name: marian shinn    - nationality: south african    - image: marian shinn da mp.jpg    - birth place: zimbabwe   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marian shinn .
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marian shinn is a south african politician , a member of parliament with the democratic alliance -lrb- da -rrb- , and the shadow minister of telecommunications and postal services .