Mai kunatsa muroyi ziso riri pamwana

Munhu anoita zvese zvaanokwanisa kuita kana achida kuchetengetedza chinhu chaanodisa.

A mother can please a witch while her eye is on her child.

One must do all they can to protect their greatest priority or goal. Keep your eye on the ball.

The imagery used in the proverb is of a mother who is confronted by a witch and realizes that her child may be in danger. She then does what she can to please the witch in order to safeguard the child. In this way she may be seen to compromise herself but it is all for a good cause. A mother’s highest priority is to protect her child and she can do anything in order to protect her child. Hence in any venture, be it business, sport, politics, etc. one must do what they can to protect their goal.

Sometimes people get into circumstances of danger or face compromising scenarios where the imminent threat distracts them from their major priority. They have to fight off the challenge but ensure they do not compromise on their ultimate goal. This proverb teaches us that regardless of the challenges one is confronted with do not take your eye of the ball and compromise only as far as it keeps your ultimate goal on course.