Lonzi matriculated from the
South African College Schools in
Cape Town in 2015 where he served as
head boy and played for the school's first rugby team. After matriculating, he went on to study economics and philosophy at the
University of Cape Town where he became involved with the
Rhodes Must Fall movement. He became allied with
Sinawo Thambo and the two launched the
EFF Students Command at the university. He served two terms on the UCT Student Representative Council and was the provincial spokesperson of the EFF Student Command. In July 2022, Lonzi was elected president of the EFF Students Command. ==Parliamentary career==