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“Simbi inorohwa ichapisa.”

In English

Hit the iron while it's still hot.

When people say it

  • A Herald Shona column for Grade 7 pupils used it to tell them to start working hard now, early in the year, so they are not caught unprepared when exams arrive. The Herald
  • A man in Harare heard that the council was taking tenders for a new vending market. His friend said it and told him to send in his papers that same week.

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