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Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
President Mugabe yesterday received three horses from a beneficiary of the land reform as a token of appreciation for spearheading the economic empowerment programme. Cde King Tangwena handed over the horses to the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces at the party headquarters yesterday morning.
Cde Tangwena has ventured into an area that was a preserve for white commercial farmers only for decades.To date, only six white farmers are still breeding horses in the country.
“I decided to give you (Your Excellency) these horses so that you see what we are doing,” said Cde Tangwena. “I brought three horses today but will be bringing the fourth one. I have also spoken to the police and they said they have a shortage so I will be giving them more horses.”
The horses, which he breeds at his farm in Broomly area in Mashonaland, are aged five, six and eight years with one of the mares pregnant.
Cde Tangwena said he conducted a research on how many national horse breeders were in the country and found that there were only six white farmers who were in this business.
He said some white farmers shot and killed some of the horses during the fast-track land redistribution exercise protesting against the land redistribution programme as they did not want Zimbabweans to venture into this business.
Horse breeding is a specialised area that was a preserve for mainly white farmers and Cde Tangwena has broken new ground into the lucrative sector.
Cde Tangwena, who has over 280 horses at his stud, said white former horse breeders were sending horse proceeds out of the country before the land reform. He said that given that Zimbabweans were slowly taking charge of the sector, the proceeds of the horses were supposed to benefit locals.
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