Simon was born in Bushbuckridge in 1972 and matriculated in Hazyview, Mpumalanga in 1993.
Group exhibitions that Zitha has participated in include: SculptX 2021, SculptX 2019, the Tacit exhibition at NWU Gallery in Potchefstroom as well as at the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley (2016), the DSW Biennale Exhibition at Pretoria Arts Association & IS Art Gallery in Franschhoek (2014), He also took part in the Nirox Winter Sculpture Fair in 2014.