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.
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
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.
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
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.
@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.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2n6T9dSOAn8.html
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.
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.
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
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 ...
@@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
That’s not true. A lot of modern buildings have sprung up. It looks better now with a mix of old and new m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2n6T9dSOAn8.html
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.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2n6T9dSOAn8.html
That’s the narrative western media focuses on. Genuine Visitors tend to have a different view first hand m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2n6T9dSOAn8.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
@HTA 😂😂😂,yeathhh they born with silver spong. Till now Chinese passport still very weak,people know little of outside world South Africa still part of western word,people there have more western education,and wilder view of the word, eg Elon Musk, China never born that type of hero
