e‑Government & Environment
Sheila Mary Peters (born 24 March 1972), also spelled Shyla Peters, is a South African politician from Gauteng. A member of the Patriotic Alliance, she has been the province’s Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Environment since July 2024. She joined the Gauteng Executive Council and Gauteng Provincial Legislature after the May 2024 provincial election and was formerly a community activist in Reiger Park.
Peters was born on 24 March 1972 in Eersterust, a township outside Pretoria, where she attended school. She spent most of her adult life in Reiger Park on the East Rand (Ekurhuleni), where she worked in various administrative and sales positions in the private sector, including as a data capturer for FNB. After she was retrenched in 2007, she founded a local transport and tourism company.
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