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Today I just want to take time to thank every Zimbabwean who has helped me over the past 11 years as I built the Boer goat breeding business that was inspired by the late Professor Sam Moyo.
One day, while sitting with him on his veranda at his Borrowdale home, he told me something I have never forgotten. He said, โYou will never become wealthy by earning a salary. You can live comfortably, but real wealth often comes from building something of your own.โ
When he discovered that my parents had left me a rural home, he and his partner, Beatrice Mtetwa, who is my lawyer, encouraged me to do something productive with that piece of land.
That conversation inspired me to start Hopewellโs Boer Goats, which by the time I left Zimbabwe in 2024 had become the third biggest Boer goat breeding business in the country.
Prof Sam Moyo then sent me to speak to Professor Lindela Ndlovu, a renowned Zimbabwean animal scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology. He specialised in animal science and livestock production, including goats. He is the one who truly opened my eyes to the business potential of Boer goats.
Initially, I thought I was simply going to do ordinary goat farming. But Prof Ndlovu advised me to focus on high-value breeds such as Boer goats, Kalahari Reds and Savannas. However, because I was coming from Murewa, he specifically recommended Boer goats, explaining that they would adapt well and perform strongly in that environment.
What struck me most was how he explained the business model. He told me that my target market should not be people buying goats for meat because pure Boer goats are expensive. Instead, my market should be farmers looking to breed and improve the quality of their own herds.
He explained that a mature male Boer goat can weigh between 100 and 120 kilograms live weight, while the average indigenous Mashona goat weighs around 20 kilograms. When you crossbreed the two, the offspring can weigh between 60 and 70 kilograms. That is where the commercial value comes in. Farmers buy a quality Boer buck (male), breed it with their indigenous goats, and then sell the heavier crossbreeds for meat production.
That conversation completely changed how I viewed livestock farming. It stopped being just farming and became genetics, business, strategy and long-term value creation. I remain forever indebted to Profe Lindela Ndlovu for his guidance, wisdom and generosity with knowledge. May his soul rest in peace.
So, I want to thank everyone who assisted me on that journey, especially during difficult periods when the business was moved from the village after ZANUPF thugs targeted my operation and tried to steal the goats, a story so embarrassing that it was broadcast internationally. But this post is not about that pain. It is about gratitude.
When I started in 2015, we were selling six-month-old Boer goats for US$450 each, and sometimes we would have 40 goats born in a single cycle inside one week. Forty multiplied by US$450 is US$18,000. Instead of spending the money, I reinvested it back into the business so it could grow.
That money helped me build world-class goat pens not only at my ancestral home, but also on two other pieces of land that I rented from people who had acquired farms through land reform but were not using them productively. Today, those properties remain with the owners, and I am genuinely happy because they are now successfully running their own goat businesses.
By the time I left Zimbabwe, I had developed such a strong genetic pool that I was now selling one-year-old Boer goats, commonly known in livestock breeding circles as โfour-toothโ goats because of the stage of their permanent teeth development, for between US$2,000 and US$3,000 each.
What made these goats valuable was not just their size or appearance, but the quality and traceability of their genetics. Their bloodlines had been documented and officially recorded in South Africa, with lineage records that could be traced back nearly 30 years. Buyers were not simply purchasing a goat, they were investing in proven genetics, breeding quality and future herd improvement.
That is how the business evolved from ordinary goat farming into a serious livestock breeding operation built on genetics, record-keeping and long-term value.
Over time, I transitioned from breeding into trading and mobilisation after I left Zimbabwe. The business has evolved into sourcing quality goats from South Africa and supplying them to people in Zimbabwe who want to improve their own herds.
I also want to pay special tribute to Dr Gerald Manyatelo, a state veterinarian in Gauteng, originally from Zimbabwe, who helped me immensely when I imported my first batch of goats in 2015. Without his assistance at that crucial stage, things could easily have gone wrong and I might have given up altogether.
I hope my story inspires others. You can be a professional in one field and still build real wealth from something completely different. Too often, when people see someone succeed, they ask, โWhere did he get the money from?โ instead of asking, โHow can we also learn and build something ourselves?โ Zimbabweans are talented, hardworking and capable of building businesses if we support and encourage one another.
I was saddened recently when a UK-based lawyer wrote on Twitter saying, โHopewell has a house in Zimbabwe, another in South Africa and now one in England. Where does he get the money from?โ And yet I am 55 years old.
A decent house in areas like Chisipite, Borrowdale or similar middle to upper-income suburbs in Zimbabwe can cost between US$400,000 and US$500,000. By the time the Boer goat business had matured, one breeding cycle could generate around US$40,000 or more.
Ten good cycles and you can buy a house. For half that amount, you can buy property in South Africa. With proper planning, discipline and financing structures, the same business can help you acquire property elsewhere too.
The problem with many of us as black people is that we have been conditioned to question success instead of studying it. Instead of asking, โHow did he build it and what can we learn from it?โ, people ask, โWhere did he get the money from?โ We have normalised suspicion instead of inspiration.
I have worked for decades as a journalist, documentary filmmaker, consultant and businessman. I built businesses, invested money back into them and took risks when many people were sleeping. There were years when I was waking up before dawn to go and check on goats before doing journalism work. Wealth does not always come from salaries. Sometimes it comes from building something patiently over time.
At 55, I am now at a stage where I should be slowing down from some of the hard labour and beginning to enjoy the fruits of years of sacrifice, hard work and persistence. So for someone to act shocked that a man of my age has managed to build a comfortable life says more about what our country has become than it says about me. A society where success is treated as suspicious is a society that has been psychologically damaged by poverty and political failure.
So today, I simply want to say thank you to everyone who helped me along the way. I will never forget your support.
And to the man who inspired me to start this business, Professor Sam Moyo, rest in peace my dear brother. You were a great source of inspiration and wisdom. One conversation with you changed the direction of my life and taught me that true wealth is built through vision, hard work and creating something meaningful of your own. Your advice planted a seed that grew into something far bigger than I ever imagined. I will always remain grateful for your guidance and belief in me.
One day I will tell the story of how, when my journalism licence was revoked, I turned to selling mobile phones and supplying networks like NetOne and Econet, and how that became a dream business that made a lot of money.
While others were busy chasing useless things, a few of us, whom I shall name in my book, were flying to London three or four times a month to procure phones. That is the level of the journey some of us have walked quietly, without making noise about it.
People only want to see the success, but they ignore or deliberately turn a blind eye to the hard work, sacrifice and risks that were invested behind the scenes.
So once again, thank you to everyone who has walked with me on this journey in the Boer goat business, and thank you for supporting my work. You are simply too many for me to mention by name, but you know who you are.
You trusted me when I was still a little-known breeder, and together we built a business that became one of the dominant names in the industry. Your support gave me the confidence and credibility to evolve beyond breeding into trading, sourcing quality Boer goats from South Africa and supplying them to farmers in Zimbabwe. That transition was only possible because so many farmers developed trust and confidence in my work and knowledge of Boer goats.
For that, I will always remain grateful. I salute you all.
And I want to encourage people not to support only me. There are many other small Boer goat breeders in Zimbabwe trying to build something meaningful for themselves and their families. Support them as well. Help them grow the same way many of you supported me. When we support each other, we create industries, opportunities and wealth within our own communities instead of constantly waiting for governments to change our lives.
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