[1] She matriculated in Qumbu before moving to the present-day Free State province to work as a teacher in Parys and Sasolburg.
[1] From 2003 to 2006, she represented the ANC as a ward councillor in the Free State, and she served as Executive Mayor of Metsimaholo Local Municipality from 2006 to 2009.
[2] Towards the end of her term as mayor, in 2008, she was additionally elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Free State branch.
[1] She had been on her way back from a political event in QwaQwa when the car she was travelling in crashed into an overhead bridge and caught fire.
[8] Her funeral service was held at Zamdela Stadium in Sasolburg and included speeches by Premier Magashule, national Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, and ANC Women's League President Angie Motshekga.