At the age of nineteen, she formed the rock group The Sweatband, and from 1999 to 2001, she was involved with the band Mondetta.
In 1983, Oldfield was involved in the forming of Sweatband, a South African music group.
[1] The group's biggest hit was "This Boy" which reached number 15 on the official South African top 20 in September 1986.
[2] In 1988, five years after the formation of the band, she left the group and started her own solo career in the music industry.
In 1998, she released her album Duwayo, and was nominated for a First National Bank Producer of the Year award.