She was jointly the first female member of the National Assembly, serving from 1974 to 1984.
[1] She attended Kanye primary school between 1930 and 1941, and then Tigerkloof Institute in South Africa from 1942 to 1948.
After a spell as an accounts assistant from 1966 to 1967, she reverted to being a postmistress until 1972 when she became deputy controller of the Post Office Savings Bank.
[2] A member of the Botswana Democratic Party, she was re-elected following the 1979 elections, after which she was appointed Minister of Home Affairs.
She contested the Ngwaketse South constituency in the 1984 elections, losing to the Botswana National Front candidate.