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lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Definition:  one person will not have the same bad luck or misfortunes happening to him twice in life
Usage:  after my neighbor moved in, they stole his TV set, and he just bought a new one now, no matter what, lightning never strikes twice in the same place
SEPEDI
Translation:  legadima ga le bethe lefelo le tee gabedi
Proverb: tladi ga e rathe seolo gabedi
XITSONGA
Translation:  ndlati a yi bi kambirhi ndhawu yin’we
Proverb: nkosi wu famba hi ndlela
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  nḓadzi a i rwi luvhili fhethu huthihi
Proverb: nḓadzi a i rwi luvhili