sentences:  Phala was born 2 February 1955 in Kwa-Thema, Springs, South Africa.Phala's work is represented in several private and corporate art collections, including the French Embassy; De Beers, London, as well as Minister Pallo Jordan and art historian Barbara Lindop.His sculpture "SS Mendi Memorial", commemorating the sinking of troopship "Mendi" in 1917, was designated a national heritage site in 2016.