Gcina joined the ANC Youth League in the 1950s and was active in the bus boycotts and protests against Bantu education.
Gcina o tsenetse mokgatlho wa bašwa wa ANC ka dingwaga tsa bo 1950 mme a le matlhagatlhaga mo dikhuduegong le dingongorego kgatlhanong le thuto ya bantsho.