StoneGuard: POTRAZ data protection compliance in Zimbabwe

StoneGuard gets Zimbabwean businesses licensed with POTRAZ as data controllers and ready for inspection under the Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07]. Certified Data Protection Officers run your gap analysis, licence application, registers, policies and staff training. Packages start at $250, after a $90 consultation credited in full toward the package.

Every organisation holding personal data must license with POTRAZ

Statutory Instrument 155 of 2024 requires every organisation that holds personal data to license with POTRAZ as a data controller. CDPG 1 of 2025 makes staff training mandatory. POTRAZ compliance inspections begin on 1 September 2026, are risk based, and healthcare is in the first wave.

If you keep a customer list, run a payroll or hold staff files, you are a data controller and the obligation applies to your business.

POTRAZ Data Controller licence fees

POTRAZ fees are paid to POTRAZ at cost, ex VAT, and are separate from the StoneGuard service fee.

Tier 1, up to 1,000 records: $50 licence fee, no application fee.
Tier 2, up to 100,000 records: $300 licence fee, plus the $30 application fee.
Tier 3, up to 500,000 records: $500 licence fee, plus the $30 application fee.
Tier 4, over 500,000 records: $2,500 licence fee, plus the $30 application fee.

Compliance guides

Get your business licensed with POTRAZ and inspection ready. The full picture: what the law requires, what an inspection covers, and how StoneGuard gets you licensed.
POTRAZ Data Controller licence: how to register, requirements and fees. How to register, the documents you need, forms DP1 and DP2, and the licence fees by tier.
Outsourced Data Protection Officer services in Zimbabwe. A certified Data Protection Officer on record for your organisation, and what they do through the year.
The Cyber and Data Protection Act and SI 155 of 2024, explained. The Act, SI 155 of 2024 and CDPG 1 of 2025 in plain English, and what each one requires of you.
POTRAZ inspections: what inspectors ask for and how to prepare. What an inspector asks to see, where organisations come up short, and how to be ready.
Data protection compliance for businesses in Zimbabwe. What compliance means for an ordinary Zimbabwean business, sector by sector, and what it costs.
What a POTRAZ data controller licence costs in Zimbabwe. Every fee in one place: the licence fee by tier, the application fee, VAT, renewals and what we charge.
SI 155 of 2024 explained, section by section. The licensing regulation section by section: who must apply, the four tiers, Forms DP1, DP2 and DP3.
Penalties under the Cyber and Data Protection Act and SI 155. The offences the Act and SI 155 actually create, the maximum penalties, and who carries the liability.
Data protection for schools and colleges in Zimbabwe. Learner records are children’s data, which carries parental consent, regular assessments and a DPO.
Data protection for NGOs and private voluntary organisations in Zimbabwe. Beneficiary data, consent in the field, and why donor reporting is a cross border transfer.
Data protection for churches and ministries in Zimbabwe. A membership register reveals religious belief, which the Act treats as sensitive information.
Data protection for ISPs and community networks in Zimbabwe. Your telecoms licence is not a data controller licence. Why an operator needs both, and what subscriber data means.
Data protection for retailers and wholesalers in Zimbabwe. Credit books, loyalty data, CCTV and marketing lists, and the automated-decision rule for credit vetting.

The StoneGuard platform

Data Protection Officers run their client organisations' compliance on StoneGuard: CDPA assessments and gap analysis, AI-assisted compliance reports, records of processing activities, data subject request and breach registers, and remediation tracking. Compliance data is stored and hosted on infrastructure in Zimbabwe.

Get licensed and inspection ready

A $90 consultation opens the engagement and is credited in full toward your package when you proceed. Compliance packages start at $250. POTRAZ fees are separate and are paid to POTRAZ at cost, ex VAT.

Contact StoneGuard: email [email protected], WhatsApp +263 77 272 4514, or call +263 77 143 6742. StoneGuard is based in Harare, Zimbabwe.