Mashaba was the Sector Commander of her native Tamabarare between 1980-85, and stopped the attempted CIA-sponsered assassination of Supreme Commander Rollace Williams in 1983 during his tour of the sector. She has been a close friend of the Williams family every since, and gained her position as War Minister because of them. She is considered a very close friend of the current Supreme Commander, Maurice Williams. Mashaba has been counted as one of the most powerful women in the world, overseeing the world's largest military force, and one of largest stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.