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a horse may run quickly but it cannot escape its tail
Definition:  your actions will always catch up with you
Usage:  my neighbour was involved in a cash in transit heist 5 years ago, he then fled to another area to rebuild his life; he recently got nabbed, less he knew that a horse may run quickly but it cannot escape its tail
SEPEDI
Translation:  pere e ka kitima ka lebelo efela e ka se tšhabele mosela wa yona
Proverb: mpša e lle lodi moutlo o maragong
XITSONGA
Translation:  hanci yi nga tsutsuma hi rivilo kambe yi nge chaveli ncila wa yona
Proverb: hambi wo famba enkoveni lundza ri ta vonaka
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  bere i nga gidima nga luvhilo fhedzi i nga si shavhele mutshila wayo
Proverb: naho wa sema thavha u seli, u ḓo vhuya wa swika