I remember sitting in the back of our Toyota Hilux with big sis and little bro on the drive from Bulawayo to Harare. It took forever! But I loved those journeys. We went to Gweru, Mutare, Victoria Falls, Hwange, Beitbridge, Gwanda... all by car. Great times.
Such a shame, it was such a wonderful vibrant, cared for city. The rulers of the people who took it over promised so much and delivered only corruption and destitution- and the world stood by and watched. Ian Smith must have been heartbroken- he knew what would happen
Emigrated to Salisbury from UK in 73 then left for joburg in 82 before returning back to UK in 94 so remember it looked almost exactly like this when I left. Had so much fun in the city I was a teenager Cecil square brings back many a memory.
Harare had no idea what was happening in Matabeleland. This was the year the evil regime launched an ethnic cleansing in Matabeleland. This was the begining of the curse That's been following Zimbawe up to today.
@@kudakwashe715 guuurl nothing has changed have you seen how Gaborone looks in the last 20years... And the other thing they must stop this centralization of resources other cities haven't developed since memorial time
A’nele Khanye what do you mean nothing has changed? Let’s give credit where it’s due. Day to day life is a struggle, that’s true, but there’s a big change in terms of infrastructure in Harare. I lived in Mogoditshane and worked in Gaborone for 10 years and nothing changed. There has been a few new structures and the city is growing fast but Harare is way ahead in terms of new city infrastructure. You are right though about other cities. Development has been stagnant.
I can still smell the scent from the Jacaranda trees. I'm only glad my father enjoyed his country, even the people looked beautiful! Thanks to Ian, he left a legacy. I really dont know how much Zanu Pf made from Great Zimbabwe tourism that they had to turn the whole country into a ruin... So sad.
built by the UK/Rhodesians, therefore they put in a lot of effort into creating a great city. Unfortunately we arent able to make such things anymore. It's pointless to create a beautiful public space when it will just be overrun by squatters
Such a sad contrast to the current streets of Harare. Nowadays they are lined with rubbish, potholes & vendors trying to hustle a living to feed their families. How can the people in charge destroy such a wonderful place with such impunity...I cry with shame.
In 1980 or before the election, ian smith and bishop abel musererwa told the zimbabwens, Don't vote for mugabe you are going to suffer, but they did not listen
peherps if the white folk at the time wernt so greedy and wanted it all to themselves and did not treat the blackman like shit none of this would have happened both sides to blame equally for the ruin of such a beautiful country
@@ch1na174 exactly abs then when the whites left, they lobbied the West to impose sanctions to bring Zimbabwe to its knees just like they did with Cuba and Iran
@@ch1na174 yeah. i could have imagine how great zimbabwe would have been at the time if it was to be the only place where whites and blacks could have co existed but whites anyway couldn't stay in land that wasn't theirs.
gods own country! but seriously check out bulawayo during that time it was just as beutifull! jacarandas and flame lillys...xmas beetles and matabele ants..borrow street swimming pool, the trade fair and the luna park..plus so much more! jeeze how i miss that city and the feeling it gave me as a child growing up. maybe its time i visit finally after all these years before my days are numbered ...after all bobs gone now and i hope the attitides of all zimbabweans has changed especially with this obsession with race
It’s okay to visit. People are past hoping things would magically get back to what they were after farm invasions. Now people are acting by opening up businesses and refurbishing old attractions and creating new ones. More expats come in and out easily. You’ll love it. We are making up for the lost 20 years of development
Zimbabwe looked so great at the time and still continues to up until this day but let's face it. Facts over feelings because of ethnic conflict and racial tensions when whites left zimbabwe the country went down to the ground.
Well, they wanted Boss Robert in, and Smith out - let them sort it! No sympathy and why are so many Shona in the UK, they wanted the white man out, yet came to live here!, because they messed up their new MJR country. It's disgusting.
@Anthony Condegni - Most of what you see in mainstream media tends to be one -sided, with the view to paint a negative narrative. Watch this recent video of Harare by a Canadian visitor so you see a different view, the one media does not show. m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
The problem with the Rhodesians is they came and built a mansion in someone else's backyard. Now the owner of the land will let you build then when you are done they will give you the boot that every trespasser must get. What the landowner does with the remaining mansion is up to him. He might use it as his personal latrine but who cares
nostalgia for the good old days at independence and soon after when things were still being run properly. now there is a lot of chaos on the roads and the economy is not well since the so called "currency reforms" of 2018/2019 and the divergent exchange rates ...
Yes today the country is destroyed far beyond repair I was there not so long ago for those of us who love to see progress only sadness feels our hearts when we see such destruction
@@markhenley3097 true. I'm African but South Africa and Rhodesia were great countries run by competent leaders. Now it's uneducated clowns in power ruining the countries. What a shame
Watch the video again. Everything you see was build by Colonialists. Look how beautiful and well run the city is. Now watch a video of Harare today. Nothing new, nothing taken care of. Where did all the money go? The second richest country in Africa. And you wonder why the people that built that great country lament the past.
@@harveysmith100 30 yrs down the line population increased my dear.A lot happened .politics sanctions etc.But I agree with you back then it was so nice excluding the killings
J 2B - I don’t know if that’s meant to be sarcastic but it’s actually true. Lots of beautiful new buildings in Harare m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
1983 is when the govt. started to go crazy, detaining people left and right for nonsense. It was a great place up to then, but I left in 1983 and was glad to be back in the USA.
the only difference between then and now is the city was once very smart and clean... otherwise no new buildings were constructed after and back then there were no potholes....wow
I love the vintage cars.. I love the way our fathers used to wear suits even on a casual day even in the bus🚌. Beautiful H twn
Don’t current Zimbabweans wear neatly in public?
@@pmwgxyz not since Rhodesians left
@@newworldorder6764 that’s not true
the city was looking smart and uncongested
Once upon a time Harare was clean
Solebury
We once had a life you know
You mean Salisbury ?
@@bogdanmunteanu9639 Harare was clean and organised all the way up to the late 90s. Then it dropped sharply.
However Then and today's Zimbabwe much cleaner than India
If the USSR and the Chinese hadn't got involved it would still look like that.
I remember sitting in the back of our Toyota Hilux with big sis and little bro on the drive from Bulawayo to Harare. It took forever! But I loved those journeys. We went to Gweru, Mutare, Victoria Falls, Hwange, Beitbridge, Gwanda... all by car. Great times.
Such a shame, it was such a wonderful vibrant, cared for city. The rulers of the people who took it over promised so much and delivered only corruption and destitution- and the world stood by and watched. Ian Smith must have been heartbroken- he knew what would happen
Emigrated to Salisbury from UK in 73 then left for joburg in 82 before returning back to UK in 94 so remember it looked almost exactly like this when I left. Had so much fun in the city I was a teenager Cecil square brings back many a memory.
@@JS-xh2lx Let me guess, 'white man bad, go back to europe'...
@@JS-xh2lx yeah so you could mess up all the beautiful things we created
@@zimbabweyouthoutdoors4613 oh the irony
@@zimbabweyouthoutdoors4613 hahah oops i guess the “ Zimbabwe” in your name threw me off lol
@@dadkisser2682 yeah😂 anyway, just a little mix up
Life experience teaches us that beauty like this will not return. If you lived in that era like myself. Thats all it will be . Beautiful memories.
Zimbabwe in the 80s and 90s was just the best place to live. Such good memories.
It depends on which part of the country you were in. Things got sour in Matabeleland real quick soon after Independence.
what happend?
@@kissmlungu7883 A genocide happened. Here is a book about it: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25563072-kingdom-power-glory
Mubwidi Mugabe akauraya zvese
Especially if you're a colonialist or white settler
So heartbreaking the path zim has taken. We desperately need to bring zim back to this level
You mean Rhodesia?
Sad thing is China currently has Zimbabwe in its sights, your leaders have sold out Africa... communism has landed and no God allowed....
Boss ko chii chirikuitika muprofile pic yako
@@newworldorder6764 You mean your poes?
the white man you mean?
Harare had no idea what was happening in Matabeleland. This was the year the evil regime launched an ethnic cleansing in Matabeleland. This was the begining of the curse That's been following Zimbawe up to today.
Gukarahundi.
Zanu pf destroyed one of the promising countries nothing to write home about imtyaza yabantu...
m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
@@kudakwashe715 guuurl nothing has changed have you seen how Gaborone looks in the last 20years... And the other thing they must stop this centralization of resources other cities haven't developed since memorial time
A’nele Khanye what do you mean nothing has changed? Let’s give credit where it’s due. Day to day life is a struggle, that’s true, but there’s a big change in terms of infrastructure in Harare. I lived in Mogoditshane and worked in Gaborone for 10 years and nothing changed. There has been a few new structures and the city is growing fast but Harare is way ahead in terms of new city infrastructure. You are right though about other cities. Development has been stagnant.
I can still smell the scent from the Jacaranda trees. I'm only glad my father enjoyed his country, even the people looked beautiful! Thanks to Ian, he left a legacy. I really dont know how much Zanu Pf made from Great Zimbabwe tourism that they had to turn the whole country into a ruin... So sad.
It was a world class city .much like modern cape town clean and organised
built by the UK/Rhodesians, therefore they put in a lot of effort into creating a great city. Unfortunately we arent able to make such things anymore. It's pointless to create a beautiful public space when it will just be overrun by squatters
@@moonstryder1740 white man left. thats what happened.
Orderly driving.... Now driving in Harare is a life risking mission
Only white people and managers had cars then.
Really
You Can say that again
Brings back such beautiful memories.
I think 80s years are nice and good years for all country’s in the world.
Love Harare! It was always lovely to be there!
When order and lifestyle was essential. Selling flowers was a business now no one can afford to sleep hungry because you chose decorate the house.
The Global financial system is broken
Heartbroken for my country
They destroyed the country. It’s a nightmare now. Unbelievable!
the white man left
everything looked genuine...and much better
looked beautiful and clean
Thokozani Amen
More like it! Thank you for the memories.🙏🙏🙏✅
This is when Zimbabwe was the best country in Africa and most developed
South africa was still ahead, however apartheid was a thing so you could discredit it if you want
Cry my beloved country , you are not as beautiful and clean as you were before
What a clean city l have seen before
The days before Mugabe tipped over into madness.
He was not alone in raping the country, a very nice majority did it more than its' leader...
Mugabe took the land back
@@derekwhyle1884 many things mate many many things! The most important is Decolonisation self liberation and restoration of Ubuntu..
@@Arutura please list these "many things".
Such a sad contrast to the current streets of Harare. Nowadays they are lined with rubbish, potholes & vendors trying to hustle a living to feed their families. How can the people in charge destroy such a wonderful place with such impunity...I cry with shame.
In 1980 or before the election, ian smith and bishop abel musererwa told the zimbabwens, Don't vote for mugabe you are going to suffer, but they did not listen
peherps if the white folk at the time wernt so greedy and wanted it all to themselves and did not treat the blackman like shit none of this would have happened both sides to blame equally for the ruin of such a beautiful country
@@ch1na174 exactly abs then when the whites left, they lobbied the West to impose sanctions to bring Zimbabwe to its knees just like they did with Cuba and Iran
i can still vote for Mugabe a million times
@@ch1na174 yeah. i could have imagine how great zimbabwe would have been at the time if it was to be the only place where whites and blacks could have co existed but whites anyway couldn't stay in land that wasn't theirs.
@@dgd865 It's not the blacks land either! Black Africans are not indigenous to the region.
gods own country! but seriously check out bulawayo during that time it was just as beutifull! jacarandas and flame lillys...xmas beetles and matabele ants..borrow street swimming pool, the trade fair and the luna park..plus so much more! jeeze how i miss that city and the feeling it gave me as a child growing up. maybe its time i visit finally after all these years before my days are numbered ...after all bobs gone now and i hope the attitides of all zimbabweans has changed especially with this obsession with race
Well unfortunately the communist didn't change and the economy is worse
Time for a transformation not based on white racism
It’s okay to visit. People are past hoping things would magically get back to what they were after farm invasions. Now people are acting by opening up businesses and refurbishing old attractions and creating new ones. More expats come in and out easily. You’ll love it. We are making up for the lost 20 years of development
lets face. you need the white man
wow.. much better back then
And then Zanu pf happened😢😢😢
Best days of my like spent there, unforgettable!
Salisbury -- last days of normal life
My dream car then Peugeot 504 station wagon
once a beautiful orderly city
Salisbury Rhodesia.
Why take something so beautiful, clean, prosperous and just destroy it? Why didn't they maintain it?
Hello, please may I use a few clips from this video for a project I'm working on? It's a non-commercial project, an artwork. Thank you
OH WHAT A TIME!!
Harare was so beautiful @2019
Woooow beautiful and neat harare
Zimbabwe looked so great at the time and still continues to up until this day but let's face it. Facts over feelings because of ethnic conflict and racial tensions when whites left zimbabwe the country went down to the ground.
My first trip in 1996 it was clean and productive but went down shortly after !
I visited in 2014 and 2015 and it was clean then too
Interesting and still beautiful
Good clip thanks
lets make zimbabwe great again!👍👍
Well, they wanted Boss Robert in, and Smith out - let them sort it! No sympathy and why are so many Shona in the UK, they wanted the white man out, yet came to live here!, because they messed up their new MJR country. It's disgusting.
Turn it back into Rhodesia
@@johnmartin2079 comment of the decade ❤❤zimbabwe was never great the beauty of this video is the remains of Rhodesia
What kind of video camera did they use, any ideas ? 😮
Zimbabwe was beautiful those days... not these days yoooh kwawandisa ma drugs and mabasa hakuna futi
wow was beautiful
We will get there again with God's powerful hand
You lying to yourself buddieeeee!
@@unclebob646 let them try, hard work and honesty won't hurt anyone. Toss in some birth control and who knows, zim could be worth a damn someday
My mom was born in 1983
The good old days
Once upon a time kusatii kwane commuter omnibus
No potholes, eish. 🍗
Who was not able to build on this great development ?
Beautiful city = Good memories 👍
Salisbury. You can call it harare after it turned dirty.
ha ha good shot
I miss my CITY wooooooow..
SO MUCH CLEAN
Pane amboonawo combi zvayo here apo?
@@rubensrodeo5642 ndaona emergency taxi. Kkk 504
Beautiful Harare Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
OMG...we were so happy then.
Sol T Mlotshwa what happened from 83 til now? We Americans are totally uneducated on what goes on anywhere else in the world
@@expos4everac zanu happened
@Anthony Condegni - Most of what you see in mainstream media tends to be one -sided, with the view to paint a negative narrative. Watch this recent video of Harare by a Canadian visitor so you see a different view, the one media does not show.
m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
I was still at the village i was 5 years
In 1983, Zimbaweans were still living off of what Rhodesians had built. The money ran out quick and the country went down hill.
That’s the narrative western media focuses on.
Genuine Visitors tend to have a different view first hand m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
The problem with the Rhodesians is they came and built a mansion in someone else's backyard. Now the owner of the land will let you build then when you are done they will give you the boot that every trespasser must get. What the landowner does with the remaining mansion is up to him. He might use it as his personal latrine but who cares
I'm interested with the type of cars at that time
nostalgia for the good old days at independence and soon after when things were still being run properly. now there is a lot of chaos on the roads and the economy is not well since the so called "currency reforms" of 2018/2019 and the divergent exchange rates ...
classic indeed.So cool
Yes it was classic with high standards. Cry my beloved country.
Tapedza harare ... Kwada TV Nyabira harare
wow, zimbabwe is beautiful. love from India.
You mean to say that it was beautiful not anymore
@@mthabisifuhrer9435 I think every country has its own beauty.
@@aswinraj5573 I guess our standards of what we consider beauty vary dramatically
@@mthabisifuhrer9435 I can't understand what you are trying to convey. are you referring to the present political condition of zimbabwe?
Yes today the country is destroyed far beyond repair I was there not so long ago for those of us who love to see progress only sadness feels our hearts when we see such destruction
Its 2024 and the difference between this video and the real Harare is there are many cars in 2024 nothing ever changed
That's the Salisbury I grew up into not svina dziriko mazuva ano.
Feels like the best place to live in .the British are something if they get lot of land.
They built a mansion in someone else's backyard. Being given the boot was inevitable
Nice video. A big middle finger to whoever it is that disliked this video.
YAH
Zimbabwe nice place.. no trapic peacefull its clean how i go there..i love u zimbabwe
Most probably at it's peak but sadly ever so slowly went downhill until 1999 when it went over the cliff!
Really very, very sad. Far all concerned...
No the peak was in 1975. After the Carnation Revolution, things really went downhill for Rhodesia.
@@markhenley3097 true. I'm African but South Africa and Rhodesia were great countries run by competent leaders. Now it's uneducated clowns in power ruining the countries. What a shame
@@CorpusChristi-j8x As an African what was your portion in these beautiful well run countries? What were your prospects?
@@markhenley3097 As they were suppose to. Why had they built anything on another man's land. Had Zimbabweans gone to Britain and invade?
Ipapo Harare ichashamisa. Good old days
Renault 4, Peugeot 504s,Alfa Romeo alfasuds...
Brings back good memories but it was a time when Zimbabwe was still living on the hard work and tears of Rhodesia.
Exactly. Now it looks like Mogadishu with advanced AIDS.
Colonialists trying to justify their rule of Zimbabwe. Bygones are bygones, forget and move on.
Watch the video again. Everything you see was build by Colonialists.
Look how beautiful and well run the city is.
Now watch a video of Harare today.
Nothing new, nothing taken care of.
Where did all the money go? The second richest country in Africa.
And you wonder why the people that built that great country lament the past.
Peter Dawson is it not the same now that it is a junk place makes it worse. Zvazvirinane kudzvanyirirwa nemurungu pane kudzvanyirirana tega tega
@@harveysmith100 30 yrs down the line population increased my dear.A lot happened .politics sanctions etc.But I agree with you back then it was so nice excluding the killings
Those dayz u hear fresh air
The jacarandas
Now it looks like a war zone.
Lies. It's still beautiful
I can't believe I lived there then
Zimbabwe without potholes, is there a Zimbabwe in Europe?
It’s so sad .
ZANU PF thugs made a lot of improvements, you should see Harare now 2019!!!!
😂
J 2B - I don’t know if that’s meant to be sarcastic but it’s actually true. Lots of beautiful new buildings in Harare m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
One day, Zimbabwe was great again
Paloma de Oro when the white man returns and it is renamed Rhodesia
It’s cool
Bro the roads have lane markings & cars move in straight lines...😮
Vakomana vemaruva avo vakabva kare wena!!!
Zimbabwe , was a sunshine city
You mean Rhodesia...Mugabe took over a beautiful country and destroyed everything.
So sad
It still is, in spite of challenges
m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
1983 is when the govt. started to go crazy, detaining people left and right for nonsense. It was a great place up to then, but I left in 1983 and was glad to be back in the USA.
Salisbury*
Where is the now video
here ua-cam.com/video/kqLrPiUupNo/v-deo.html
Here Harare 2019
m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
After that people started to do gore mwana after gore mwana 😂😂 # tag Bulawayo for life.
Sad to see how our once beautiful country has only deteriorated since
the only difference between then and now is the city was once very smart and clean... otherwise no new buildings were constructed after
and back then there were no potholes....wow
Lots of new buildings in Harare
m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
the city was smart . Infrastructure haven"t changed only he cars
That’s not true. A lot of modern buildings have sprung up. It looks better now with a mix of old and new
m.ua-cam.com/video/2n6T9dSOAn8/v-deo.html
Wow
How beautiful was Salisbury/Harare bu now has gone to dogs and no fault of general populace
So what happened??....
love peugeot 504 station wagon
When the right people where running zimbabwe....now reduced to stone age city nana museyamwa