This video reminds me of my experience growing up as a child in a village in Africa. It reminds me of our society. Peacefulness at the surface but with internal turmoils and the struggle of my grandparents day to day survival. Life goes on.
Bulawayo was the industrial hub of the country. It had many factories and businesses. Sadly, most of those have either left the city or have shut down which has resulted in severe economic decline for the city and the region.
I must confess black rule didn't bring any meaningful development and change in Bulawayo but de industrialization ,extreme poverty .The pavements and streets clogged with hopeless traders selling their wares for a living..Its sad .
Well the issue of whites in cars blacks on bikes is gone, we are building our own houses , able to go on holiday within and without Zimbabawe as blacks, we run and own businesses.
@@sjx3516 lol, houses built with no electricity and water because the government has failed to deliver. Driving on potholed roads and hospitals without paracetamol. How many black can afford the holidays you write about? Most people I know would vote Rhodesian Front back into power if they came back because this was clearly a better life even for blacks at the time.
No development since independence 43 years ago the city of Lobengula (Bulawayo is in the intensive care unit,,,,no water shortages no industry, ikhula ngama lokish kuphela,,,,cry may beloved city
@@stephenchappell7512Those were Portuguese people who took down the Estado Novo in the Carnation Revolution to create a socialist Portuguese state that supported decolonization
Poor exploited people... and all the wealth went to Europe and was not shared equally with the original black population, the true owners of the land and raw materials
The wealth is a lot more unequally shared now under African rule than it was under white rule. They knew how to govern, allbeit in a racist manner. Look at Zimbabwe now. So sad!
Not necessarily...my father was treasurer in the Centre Party. Di Mitchell sought talks with the freedom fighters. And step progress to universal vote. And then a SAM hit a viscount. Attitude hardened .. polarisation. Mutual understanding had no further chances. An external settlement by a party in Britain now in great difficulty itself. I wonder what would have been..if that critical space before the Viscount had been kept and allowed. I am a Christian and so all will I believe come in time to good.
No for example Australia was rally racist at one point but Australia lived on mainly because they got the time they needed to end their racism and the Rhodesians didn’t get enough time for the racism to end
This video reminds me of my experience growing up as a child in a village in Africa. It reminds me of our society. Peacefulness at the surface but with internal turmoils and the struggle of my grandparents day to day survival. Life goes on.
Bulawayo was the industrial hub of the country. It had many factories and businesses. Sadly, most of those have either left the city or have shut down which has resulted in severe economic decline for the city and the region.
I must confess black rule didn't bring any meaningful development and change in Bulawayo but de industrialization ,extreme poverty .The pavements and streets clogged with hopeless traders selling their wares for a living..Its sad .
Rhodesians never die!
It continues to live in the hearts of those who believed in it.
Some whether else not here.
Hope so!!!!!!!!
Bulawayo has not changed much since 1965
True. And Neither has London.
Because you Natives dont do anything but sit around.
@@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298 haha 🤣🤣🤣
Its been so much better under black rule. Says no one ever!
Well the issue of whites in cars blacks on bikes is gone, we are building our own houses , able to go on holiday within and without Zimbabawe as blacks, we run and own businesses.
@@sjx3516 With help from the outside world you know the white world and without that help Zimbabwe would fall apart oh wait it already has.
@@sjx3516 But the financial crises continue
@@sjx3516 You could do that back then as well... the White's just happened to have more money because their ancestors came from a richer land.
@@sjx3516 lol, houses built with no electricity and water because the government has failed to deliver. Driving on potholed roads and hospitals without paracetamol. How many black can afford the holidays you write about?
Most people I know would vote Rhodesian Front back into power if they came back because this was clearly a better life even for blacks at the time.
The natives were a lot better off then than they're right now. I. Smith was a true Rhodesian!!!
Are you in smith son !!!??
A breed of animal like a dog
Yes. A racist.
So true. These are the truths that a lot of black people do not want to hear. But the truth is almost always a bitter pill to swallow.
Nice clip .I grew up in Rhodesia.
No development since independence 43 years ago the city of Lobengula (Bulawayo is in the intensive care unit,,,,no water shortages no industry, ikhula ngama lokish kuphela,,,,cry may beloved city
Dumbest move ever was UK to abandon it colonies to ommunist insurgents
That was Portugal
@@stephenchappell7512and the UK. Stabbed Rhodesia in the back
@@ropaul8006
likewise as they're now
doing to their own people
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@@stephenchappell7512Those were Portuguese people who took down the Estado Novo in the Carnation Revolution to create a socialist Portuguese state that supported decolonization
The voice of Sir Humphrey Gibbs
Almost no audio on most old clips UK guv policy up thru ww2 was to encourage emigration to colonies then foolishly abandon it colonies to commies
"Central Africa Trade Centre Right of Admission Reserved." 1:45.
The city of Lobengula looks the same as it was in 1965
Poor exploited people... and all the wealth went to Europe and was not shared equally with the original black population, the true owners of the land and raw materials
Yep all that wealth sat unexploited for melleniums by native ppls
Bantu people are not native to southern Africa...
The wealth stayed
Rhodesia was self-governing from the 1920's
The wealth is a lot more unequally shared now under African rule than it was under white rule. They knew how to govern, allbeit in a racist manner. Look at Zimbabwe now. So sad!
Obviously you don't have a clue about Rhodesia or southern Africa for that matter.
Rhodesia was bound to fail from day one.
Not necessarily...my father was treasurer in the Centre Party. Di Mitchell sought talks with the freedom fighters. And step progress to universal vote.
And then a SAM hit a viscount.
Attitude hardened .. polarisation. Mutual understanding had no further chances.
An external settlement by a party in Britain now in great difficulty itself.
I wonder what would have been..if that critical space before the Viscount had been kept and allowed.
I am a Christian and so all will I believe come in time to good.
Rhodesia was thrown under the bus.
@@josephsmith4143 best that way
And it's sad that it failed. Most Zimbabweans I know would vote for a return to Rhodesia.
No for example Australia was rally racist at one point but Australia lived on mainly because they got the time they needed to end their racism and the Rhodesians didn’t get enough time for the racism to end