procrastination is a thief of time
Definition:  perform your duties while you still have time, so you can be successful
Usage:  you had a week to compile learners’ marks, yet you kept procrastinating, now the principal wants them to finalize reports; you should have learned from the saying procrastination is a thief of time

SEPEDI
Translation:  tiego ke lehodu la nako
Proverb: go diega ga botšhwene ke go gadima morago

XITSONGA
Translation:  ku veketela swilo i khamba ra nkarhi
Proverb: mundzuku a nga fiki

TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  u fhirisela zwithu phanḓa ndi mbava ya tshifhinga
Proverb: i haṅwa ḽi tshi kha ḓi vha ḽo sisa