“Matakadya kare haanyaradzi mwana.”

When people say it

• In July 2025 columnist Tendai Ruben Mbofana opened a Nehanda Radio opinion piece with this proverb. He used it to argue that government counts of finished projects do nothing for families facing power cuts and empty hospitals. Nehanda Radio
• A man in Mutare kept telling his cousins about the maize he sold in 2015. His wife said it at the table when the school fees letter came.