Behind the GK/GD bib is a whole person — shaped by community, family, loss, joy, and an unshakable belief that circumstances do not define destiny. Nozipho Ntshangase For Nozipho Ntshangase, wearing the green and gold of South Africa is more than a sporting honour — it is a promise fulfilled to a younger version of herself. A promise made in the quiet moments of a difficult childhood, in a small township called eNseleni near Richards Bay, where hope often had to be self-created. Growing up with both her parents and siblings, home was not always a place of comfort for Nozipho. It was heavy, challenging, and at times overwhelming. School and the netball court became her safe spaces — the only places where she felt free. “I was only happy when I was at school or in netball training because a lot was going on,” she reflects. “But I made a promise to myself as a young girl that one day I would be the one to change the situation at home and in the entire community.” Owethu Ngubane...