Sipho Mpongo was born in the Eastern Cape in a rural village called Nqamakwe in 1993 and was raised in
Langa, Cape Town. Illiso Labantu, a local photographic mentorship programme, provided the platform for
Mpongo to launch into a photographic career. Sipho has recently completed a full time course in study at the
Cape Town School of Photography whilst simultaneously contributing to various photographic group shows and
projects in Cape Town and internationally.