In June 2019, she was elected Chairperson of Gauteng's Portfolio Committee on Health, a position which she held throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
[2][3] Phaladi-Digamela was born on 4 September[4][self-published source] 1962 in Mamaolo village in Ga-Mphahlele, a region that later became part of Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality in Limpopo province.
She is a published academic in the field of nursing, particularly through Sefako Makgatho University in Pretoria North, Gauteng.
[1] She rose through the regional and provincial ranks of the ANC and in July 2018 was elected for the first time to a seat on the Provincial Executive Committee of the Gauteng ANC; by number of votes received, she was ranked ninth of the 30 elected members.
[2] In July 2022, she was re-elected to a second four-year term on the ANC Provincial Executive Committee, ranked 29th by number of votes received.