[1] After her marriage she moved to Surrey Estate on the outskirts of Athlone,[1] where she and her husband often sheltered young anti-apartheid activists.
[6] Simultaneously, from 1999, she served as a Member of the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.
[9] As part of a plea bargain, she pled guilty to defrauding Parliament of R72,000 by exchanging parliamentary air-travel vouchers for cash.
[11] Despite her conviction, she remained active in the ANC politics: in June, the Mail & Guardian described her as aligned with James Ngculu in the latter's ongoing succession battle with Rasool, and she was considered to be Ngculu's likely running mate in the upcoming provincial elective conference.
[3] Joemat died on 30 November 2019 in hospital in Cape Town after suffering a heart attack.