Police arrested Msika in 1964 while he was in the home of Josiah Mushore Chinamano,[REF] and was detained at Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp.
In 1980, Msika was included in the first post-independence government as Minister of Natural Resources and Water Development; he was one of three representatives of ZAPU in the Cabinet, along with Joshua Nkomo and George Silundika.