Chances are you’ll hear more about the village of Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape in the not too distant future. Halfway between Queenstown in the west and Mthatha in the east, Ngcobo is the home of 18-year-old sprint sensation Aviwe Jingqi, a place where she realized from a young age that it didn’t matter if she was running up or down the hills. she always came first.
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