“Chara chimwe hachitswanyi inda.”

When people say it

• In November 2025 the Zimbabwean writer Vimbai R. Nyika used the proverb in an article on women's rights. The piece said no single activist or group can fight gender inequality alone, so advocates have to stand together. Gender Links
• Wedzerai Nhemachena wrote a Kwayedza column in February 2021 with the proverb as its title. He started from washing lice out of clothes in the rural areas and moved on to families, businesses and nations working together on hunger and unemployment. Kwayedza (Herald Online)