On this month’s edition of The Witch’s Flight, Zama Dube is joined by Simphiwe Ndzube. The conversation spans personal biography, grief, sobriety and sourcing from ancestral memory to create a radical visual grammar.

Simphiwe Ndzube is a South African visual artist whose work moves between painting, sculpture, and performance with an unmistakable sense of imagination and political depth. Originally from the Eastern Cape and now based between Cape Town and Los Angeles, Simphiwe draws on magical realism, folklore, and the post-apartheid condition to build entire worlds—what he calls the “Mine Moon” or “Pink Universe.”

His art spills off the canvas, often incorporating second-hand clothes and found objects to explore themes like power, migration, and survival. From solo shows at the Denver Art Museum to major exhibitions in Mexico City, Shanghai, and Joburg, Simphiwe is carving his own lane—unapologetically surreal, grounded in spirit, and rich with Black South African memory.