Sipho Allen Zwane was born in the city of Johannesburg; however his family finds its homestead in Ladysmith, a town in the rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal. Sipho who took on the nickname PunkTsula, an ode to his love for alternate and funky taste in fashion, lives in Johannesburg's CDB and is an art gravitator who is a Photographer/ Videographer and Fashion Designer.