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His comments come in the wake of the postponement of a Mine Managers workshop scheduled to take place in South Africa last week due to the labour unrest which has resulted in many miners being shot and killed by the police.
The workshop will now be held on 17 October.
Zimbabwean miners had been invited to the workshop.
Mr Kaguru said the postponement of the workshop was a blessing in disguise as it gave them more time to prepare.
He said the labour unrest in South Africa triggered by the Lonmin massacre last month was a perfect opportunity to lure investors into the country.
“The Mine Managers Summit workshop has been postponed to next month because of the mine unrest in South Africa. It might be a blessing in disguise to us as it gives us plenty of time to prepare.
“Besides that, this is the most perfect opportunity to lure investors into Zimbabwe and thereby grow the mining sector,” said Mr Kaguru.
He said investors were particularly concerned about their security and as such they wanted to use the workshop to show everyone that Zimbabwe was a safe country to invest in.
“We are earmarking to look for and lure potential investors, learn and meet with people with a lot of experience in the field. Investors are very particular people especially about their security where they would have invested, so we are going to use the workshop to convince and enlighten them that
Zimbabwe is a safe country to invest in,” said Mr Kaguru.
The labour unrest in South African platinum mines is threatening to spill over into the gold sector.
Mr Kaguru said the crisis, if not properly handled and allowed to continue spreading, could end up affecting the whole region.
He said they were expecting to take more than 50 delegates to the workshop as each region in the country had made an effort to send a representative.
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