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Shona Definition
Kana munhu akaburitsa zvinhu pachena hazvirevi kuti ndiye ane mhosva. Vazhinji vanowanzofira mhosva dzisiri dzavo.
English Translation
Bringing something out into the open does not make the one who reports it the guilty party. Many people end up dying for offences that were never theirs.
Cultural Context
“Used in defence of the person who reveals what has happened, against the assumption that the reporter must be the culprit.”
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This is a variant of
Murevi afa / haasiri iye muroyiThe dead person who let a secret out is not thereby the witch.