A graduate of the University of South Africa (Unisa), she is the managing director of R. Kalidass and Associates Chartered Accountants and Business Consultants. She was previously a financial manager and chief financial officer at the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency. A former SABC board member who was unceremoniously removed in March 2015, she currently serves on the boards of the Gauteng Partnership Fund and the Free State Gambling and Liquor Board. Parliament subsequently confirmed that her removal from the SABC board had been unlawful.