Tsumo
“Regai dzive shiri, mazai haana muto.”
In English
Wait for the full maturation of events instead of prematurely harvesting or celebrating.
When people say it
- An HIV prevention trial for teenagers in rural Zimbabwe, run in 30 communities from 2003, was named the Regai Dzive Shiri Project. The name is the first half of this proverb, used for a programme about young people not rushing into sex. LSHTM Research Online (Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2008)
- A couple in Nyanga bought a pram and baby clothes before the pregnancy was three months along. The grandmother said it and asked them to wait.