Loliwe was born on 17 August 1964 in the village of Frankfort outside King Williamstown in the present-day Eastern Cape.
She would later go on to earn her teaching qualification at the Dr WB Rubusana College of Education in Mdantsane outside East London.
[1] Loliwe started her career in the African National Congress as the secretary of party's branch in King Williamstown.
[1] In 2014, Loliwe was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa, ranked 11th on the ANC's regional-to-national list in the Eastern Cape.
She had been en route in her Jeep Cherokee to East London from her parliamentary constituency in Fort Beaufort.