UMoses Mzila Ndlovu uyisishayamthetho saseZimbabwe, umakadebona wempi yenkululeko yango-1970 futhi uyisifundiswa esesathatha umhlalaphansi.Uyilungu le- House of Assembly eBulilima West ( MDC-M ). Wazalwa ngo-1956 noma ngo-1957 esifundeni iBulilima (esaziwa nangokuthi iPlumtree) eduze nomngcele weZimbabwe neBotswana.UMzila, njengoba aziwa kanjalo, ukhulele esigodini saseThekwane waze waphothula izifundo zobuthisha eGwelo (manje eyiGweru) Teacher's College (GTC).Ngenkathi ese-GTC uMzila waqala ukusebenza kuligi yentsha yeZimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) (eholwa nguJoshua Nkomo).Ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe, uMzila waphindela kwaBulawayo lapho afundisa khona ezikoleni eziningi okubalwa iSobukhazi High School. Yilapho eseSobukhazi lapho uMzila anquma khona ukweqa umngcele angene empini. Ufundele ezempi eSoviet Union, eCuba nase-Angola ngaphambi kokubuyela empini njengomkhuzi wamasosha eZimbabwe People's Revolutionary (ZIPRA) osebenza emingceleni yeZambia neZimbabwe. Ekupheleni kwempi ngo-1980, edumele ngokuthi iZANU hhayi iZAPU ithathe izintambo, uMzila wabuyela ezweni, wehliswa ebusosheni waphinde waqala impilo yobuzwe.