She was the inaugural secretary-general of the Women's National Coalition from 1992 to 1994. She was elected to the first post-apartheid Parliament as a nominee of the ANC Youth League in 1994, and she joined Nelson Mandela's Government of National Unity as Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 1994 to 1999.
She served as the inaugural secretary-general for the Women's National Coalition from 1992 to 1994, and was elected to the first post-apartheid Parliament in 1994 as a representative of the ANC Youth League. She later joined Nelson Mandela's Government of National Unity as Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 1994 to 1999.