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"What is unfolding in Zimbabwe should encourage [rather] than discourage you because it is part of the process towards redirecting our economy in the path of growth. 

"Since coming into office some 10 months ago, our President [Emerson Mnangagwa] has been consistent in words and actions in pronouncing and pursuing policies and measures to create a market-led, private sector driven economy in Zimbabwe."

The Zimbabwe ambassador said his government led by Mnangagwa has unveiled a Transitional Stabilisation Programme covering the period from October 2018 to December 2020. Under that programme, 

Hamadziripi said fiscal, monetary, institutional, governance and other reforms are being undertaken in Zimbabwe to improve the ease of doing business, to restructure the economy, to guarantee the security of investments, to improve production and to expand and modernise infrastructure.

"In short, [the] government is committed and determined to make sure that all investments grow in a safe and enabling environment. Our vision is to transform Zimbabwe and have it join the ranks of prosperous, upper-middle-income countries by 2030," said Zimbabwe's top diplomat in South Africa. 

"With our resources, commitment, hard work and your partnerships we can make this happen. I have colleagues who have travelled from Harare who will go into detail on what our country has to offer."

The gathering at Sandton, Johannesburg was aimed at clarifying policies and procedures of investing in Zimbabwe, the investment opportunities available in the small Southern African nation endowed with mineral deposits, processes of repatriation of funds as well as the technical issues of doing business within Special Economic Zones (SEZ) – the incentives, assurances and tax breaks.

Apart from technocrats from Harare who were making presentations, Hamadziripi was accompanied by his deputy Mietani Chauke and Zimbabwe's Consul General in South Africa Henry Batiraishe Mukonoweshuro.

- African News Agency (ANA)