Guides

What to check, what to agree in writing, and where the money usually goes wrong.

• Sending money to Zimbabwe: what to check before you transfer

  How to compare transfer routes to Zimbabwe, what determines the rate you actually get, and the checks worth making before sending.

• Building a house in Zimbabwe from abroad

  Managing a build remotely: staged payments, who supervises, and the failure modes that cost diaspora builders the most money.

• Managing a rental property in Harare from abroad

  Choosing an agent, what a management agreement should cover, and how to keep oversight of a property you cannot visit.

• Solar for load shedding: sizing a system that actually works

  How to size a solar system to what you need running during an outage, and the parts of a quote that matter most.

• Drilling a borehole: what to agree before anyone starts

  Siting, who carries the cost of a dry hole, and the completion details worth insisting on before drilling begins.

• Shipping a car to Zimbabwe: the decisions that set the cost

  Choosing a route and an agent, what determines duty, and the paperwork worth confirming before the vehicle leaves.

• Clearing goods at Beitbridge without losing days

  What holds consignments at the border, which documents to prepare in advance, and how to choose a clearing agent.

• Repatriating a body to Zimbabwe: the practical steps

  What has to happen, in what order, and what to ask a funeral director when arranging repatriation from abroad.

• Paying school fees in Zimbabwe from abroad

  Paying the school directly rather than through intermediaries, getting proof of payment, and the common failure points.

• Buying land in Zimbabwe safely, especially from abroad

  Verifying title, the double-sale problem, and why the conveyancer must be yours rather than the seller's.