Tsumo
“Ramba kuudzwa akaonekwa nembonje pahuma.”
In English
People who forsake warnings and advice often fall into calamity.
When people say it
- In a 2020 Herald Shona column, Wedzerai Nhemachena used the variant "ndamba kuudzwa vanozongoonekwa nembonje pahuma" about village heads, business owners and other leaders who refuse correction. The column said such people end up known for the disgrace that reaches their homes. The Herald
- Paul Vagere, a Form 4 student at St Mary's High School, put the line "Ndambakuudzwa akaonekwa nembonje pahuma" in his poem "Hero gudza mwanangu", a father telling his son to listen. The Herald printed the poem with a commentary in 2016. The Herald