Ncg'abe was born in the Ghanzi District, Botswana during the early 1960's. Today she teaches the valuable lessons that she was taught from living in the desert to her own children.

She is married to Xgaiga Qhomatca, who is also an artist. She recalls the hard times after they were married. The rain stayed away and the harsh Kalahari veld yielded no food. In the belief that they could find jobs and money elsewhere, they moved to the small missionary settlement in D'kar, where they eked out a living for their family through selling their traditional crafts and doing odd jobs in the area.

Ncg'abe joined the art project in 1992 with her close friend Cg'ose. Initially her work and that of Cg'ose's was very similar, but they have since developed their own styles. Through her art life became easier for the family.
Although she also makes beautiful linoleum prints, etchings and lithographs, Ncg'abe prefers to work with oil paint on canvas. The large-scale canvasses give her more freedom and directness, which is difficult to achieve in the printmaking techniques.

She loves the strange combinations of plants, birds, reptiles, snakes and insects on her canvasses. The leaves, twigs and animals in her art sometimes form abstract patterns with great appeal.

Like all the Kuru artists she likes to apply the paint in smooth flat planes, which sometimes gives a decorative quality to her work. In spite of this, her work also portrays a deep longing and feeling for things that is precious in her culture.

She does not dwell on the sad memories of the hard times or the dismal living conditions of the community she lives in, but tries to relate the bright and joyous memories of her life. This optimistic, joyful style of her work has made it popular in many art circles.