| Intro | South African politician |
| Is | Politician |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 23 March 1983, Mbombela, South Africa |
| Age: | 37 years |
| Star sign | Aries |
| Politics | Democratic Alliance |
Tertuis Alfred Simmers (born 23 March 1983) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Human Settlements and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He is a member of the Democratic Alliance.
Life and career
Simmers was born in Nelspruit on 23 March 1983. He is married to Monique Simmers. They have four children together.
Before being sworn in as a Member of the Provincial Parliament, Simmers was involved in the politics of the Eden District Municipality, from 2011 to 2017. He served as a Member of the Mayoral Committee and Speaker of the municipality. He also held leadership positions in the George Local Municipality.
Additionally, he served on the Western Cape Bargaining Council Division of the South African Local Government Association. He qualified as a Skills Development Facilitator in 2015.
Simmers took office as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on 12 June 2017.
Following the Democratic Alliance’s victory in the Western Cape in May 2019, newly-elected Premier Alan Winde named Simmers as the new Provincial Minister of Human Settlements.
Controversy
In August 2019, the Good Party representative in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Brett Herron, accused Simmers of electricity theft while he served as a councillor and a Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) of the George Local Municipality. Herron claimed, that in 2015, George municipal officials had found evidence of Simmers’ electricity meter malfunctioning. In response, Simmers refuted Herron’s claims and said that the case was fully investigated in 2016 and found to be bogus.