Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Kalmer i te rohe o Roodepoort o Johannesburg. Ko ana mētara tuatahi o te ao i puta mai i te 1997 African Junior Athletics Championships, i reira ia te toa parahi i nga kaupapa 1500 m me 3000 mita. I a ia e oma ana i te tau 1998 i te World Junior Championships i Athletics me te huihuinga o te Ao Cross Country mai i te 1996 ki te 1999. I whai ake i nga tau e rua i muri mai: i tae ia ki te 30th i te whakataetae poto i te
2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka rere i roto i te 1500 m wera i te 2001 World Championships i roto i Athletics. I mutu ano ia i te tekau ma tahi i te 5000 mita i te 2001 Summer Universiade. Ko ia te toa hiriwa i te FISU World University Cross Country Championships i te 2002, ka mutu i muri i a Denisa Costescu. Neke atu i te 5000 m ko ia te tuawaru i te 2003 Summer Universiade, te iwa i te 2007 All-Africa Games me te tuaono i te 2008 African Championships.