Gertrude Ntiti Shope OMSS (born 15 August 1925) is a South African former trade unionist and politician.
Born in Johannesburg on 15 August 1925, Shope was raised and educated in ,Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
She lived in exile from 1966 to 1990, leading the party's delegation to the Nairobi Women's Meeting and working for the World Federation of Trade Unions.
[1] From 1970 until 1971 she was secretary to Florence Moposho, helping to establish publication of the newsletter Voice of Women.
With her husband, Mark, she lived in a variety of locations during her exile, including Prague, Botswana, Tanzania, Czechoslovakia, Zambia, and Nigeria.