Samuel Mbiza and his business partner ruffled feathers when they bought a racing pigeon for R5 million. He tells us why this bird’s so unique.
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HE HOLDS one of his beloved birds gently in his hands, stroking the soft feathers as the creature coos contently.
For Samuel Mbiza, pigeons are more than just pets or a hobby– they’re a passion. And they’re also big business, as he and his partner proved recently when they broke the world record by paying R5 million for a Belgian bird called Golden Prince.
Samuel (38) is one of South Africa’s foremost breeders of racing pigeons, a profession that to him is a calling: He received a prophetic message in his dreams one night that this was what he was supposed to do with his life.
He answered it and here he is: Successful, content and determined to spread the love of pigeon breeding.
Samuel and partner Mark Kitchenbrand (47) bought Golden Prince on auction in Belgium earlier this month, bidding against a Chinese buyer for the prized bird.
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