Category: Analysis and Opinion
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The RBZ cut its rate to 27.5%. Your loan probably won’t get cheaper.
Read More: The RBZ cut its rate to 27.5%. Your loan probably won’t get cheaper.The RBZ has cut its policy rate to 27.5%, but most loans are in US dollars, banks must lock away 30% of current account deposits, and the rate is still very high. Here is why your loan probably won’t get cheaper.
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Starlink Effectively Kills Roaming in Zimbabwe With Its New Passport Rule
Read More: Starlink Effectively Kills Roaming in Zimbabwe With Its New Passport RuleStarlink now wants a passport and a live selfie before you can use a kit abroad. We explain why the roaming rope has finally snapped, and what geo-locking’s history with Liquid Home and Econet’s SmartBiz tells us about the real reason behind it.
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If You Pollute, You Pay: What Zimbabwe’s New Environmental Law Actually Means
Read More: If You Pollute, You Pay: What Zimbabwe’s New Environmental Law Actually MeansAsk anyone who grew up near a gold rush and they will tell you the punchline before you finish the joke: the mine strikes gold, the bosses get a new Land Cruiser, and the village downstream gets the leftovers. Statutory Instrument 92 of 2026 just changed that maths for good.
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Econet’s Smart4U Bundle Is Vanishing for Some Users, and Getting Pricier for Others
Read More: Econet’s Smart4U Bundle Is Vanishing for Some Users, and Getting Pricier for OthersEconet’s personalised Smart4U bundle has been disappearing from *143# or getting pricier for some subscribers since 1 September 2026. Here’s what Smart4U actually is, what’s likely behind the changes, and what to do if it’s happened to you.
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How ZESA’s Stepped Tariff Ends Up Punishing the Poor
Read More: How ZESA’s Stepped Tariff Ends Up Punishing the PoorZESA’s stepped tariff was sold as protection for low-income households. But the discount applies per meter, not per household, and nearly half of urban Zimbabweans are lodgers sharing one meter between several families.
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DStv’s South African Overhaul: Cheaper Streaming, and What It Means for Zimbabwe
Read More: DStv’s South African Overhaul: Cheaper Streaming, and What It Means for ZimbabweLeaked DStv webpages reveal a total overhaul of its South African streaming packages, with entry prices dropping to under US$7 a month. MultiChoice won’t confirm it, but a media briefing is reportedly set for 7 September. With Zimbabweans already using South African DStv accounts to dodge local prices, the gap just got a lot wider.
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Zimbabwe’s New Electrical Safety Law: What Every Homeowner Must Do Before July 2027
Read More: Zimbabwe’s New Electrical Safety Law: What Every Homeowner Must Do Before July 2027Zimbabwe’s new law makes earth leakage breakers compulsory and targets rogue solar installers behind a wave of house fires. Here’s what to check first.
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ZBC Returns to Profit: A Turnaround Built on Coercion, Not Comebacks
Read More: ZBC Returns to Profit: A Turnaround Built on Coercion, Not ComebacksZBC says it’s back in profit, reversing 2024’s loss with a ZWG200 million-plus surplus. But the turnaround runs almost entirely through a law that bars motorists from insuring or licensing their cars without a ZBC radio licence. Here’s why that’s coercion with a balance sheet, not a comeback.
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US$1.62 Billion in Seven Months: Why Diaspora Remittances Are Zimbabwe’s Real Superpower
Read More: US$1.62 Billion in Seven Months: Why Diaspora Remittances Are Zimbabwe’s Real SuperpowerZimbabweans abroad sent home US$1.62 billion in just seven months, and unlike gold, tobacco or foreign investment, almost none of it leaks back out. Here’s why remittances have quietly become the country’s most reliable export.