After schooling at Magog Primary and Fairview Primary, she studied medicine at the University of Natal but was distracted by Steve Biko of the Black Consciousness Movement who involved her in student politics.
After schooling at Magog Primary and Fairview Primary, she matriculated at Inanda Seminary in Durban. She went on to study medicine at the University of Natal but was distracted by Steve Biko of the Black Consciousness Movement who involved her in student politics.