The person who took this video has a special place in our hearts & history of the country 📹👌👌

@tafarapaul

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly 💯

I wasn't born yet during this time so i find it hard to believe that Harare used to be this clean and beautiful. there wasn't any violence between the kombi and the police . it was quite peaceful back then. vendors were at there designated places. it really was something special

@kim_i_said6598

2 жыл бұрын

In my 30s now. I remember so much about then. Feels just like yesterday. It's still hard to believe as I walk through Bulawayo today. Although it's certainly way cleaner than Harare

Who else gets emotional when they see a Zimbabwe that once had order💔 Mwari dai vatinzwa😭🙏🏾

@cynthiahoyi3925

2 жыл бұрын

It’s extremely sad and emotional, but what saddens me even more is that it seems like Africa needs the White man in order to be in order. May God really help us uproot the problem to the core- poor leadership. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@pauldadzie6991

2 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiahoyi3925 Yes yes, very well said. poor leadership and it's resultant side effects of looting, rampant corruption, intimidation, and disregard for rule of law and private property rights, has led Zimbabwe to were it is now, not sanctions as some would suggest 🙄

@manofvalour6982

2 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiahoyi3925 No you don't need a white man to have a prosperous country. Look at Rwanda how it is today. You just need to get rid of corrupt leaders. Stop the inferiority complex because that is part of the problem.

@vaibhavnagare8549

2 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiahoyi3925 You just need people's that are after country's prosperity and development. improvement. There's no such thing as white or black because ultimately we all have got the same blood colour. We just have to work in unity

@stephenchappell7512

2 жыл бұрын

@@vaibhavnagare8549 Nice sentiment

Back in the day when Bathing was mandatory for anyone to get into town.

@theotad933

2 жыл бұрын

Going to town was an event of its own...you had to be on point

@millybadze2117

2 жыл бұрын

@@theotad933 So so true!!!💯💯💯You always wanted to look the very best getting into town it was like an event of a lifetime 😁

@TatendaMavengano

2 жыл бұрын

Not for the guy at 3:22 lol

@theotad933

2 жыл бұрын

@@TatendaMavengano lol

@mlungisichonco2196

2 жыл бұрын

@@TatendaMavengano😂😂😂 you just discovered the founder of this fast growing nation in our community spreading from city to townships now even in villages they are growing in numbers

I am South African married to a Zimbabwean. Zimbabweans are lovely people. I have been there every April, August and December Holiday for the past 10 years. I'm blessed.

@zwelakhezwane4128

2 жыл бұрын

Why do u stay there

@simbarashe.zvinoera

2 жыл бұрын

@Tee Cee thank you Sbali! I married a beautiful lady from South Africa too. She feels the same way you feel about us. God bless you.

@dusannn

2 жыл бұрын

Can I ask you,is it still peaceful,beautiful and alternative like on the video?😍

@kissmlungu7883

2 жыл бұрын

Now thats nonsense

@musazwane6049

2 жыл бұрын

@@zwelakhezwane4128 Aw mangethe kunjani bafo

Just look at the street order and how everyone was smartly dressed🥰

@tawandaemudoti4376

2 жыл бұрын

Those days kuenda kuHarare kwairema ......

@tripodxxx1

11 ай бұрын

And then MDC came and took over urban centres..

There is something about the 90’s fashion🔥🔥🔥

Oh wow! The Sunshine City at its best, it breaks my heart how things have changed.

@millybadze2117

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

When you see black and white people walking on the streets together thuts true life

My dad worked back then in Zimbabwe where we all grew up, it’s chilling and shocking how Harare is now heart break

Wow, nice 👌 Harare looks like Pretoria, with the Jacaranda trees.

We need zimbabwe to look like this again ,it was beautiful ,it still is .

@billtev9846

2 жыл бұрын

Its only bricks, motor, grass, and trees involved, so that can be achieved in two or three months. Very possible.

@vhakisa

2 жыл бұрын

@@billtev9846 you dream a lot of kak

@isaymymind1727

2 жыл бұрын

Not when tribalism and corruption walk the streets. As long as many members of the Shona tribe think they own everything, Zim will continue rotting. Next liberation war will be fought to take the country that has been sold to the chineese...And oh; to settle the gukurahundi score.

@billtev9846

2 жыл бұрын

@@isaymymind1727 I am only talking about how fast that job can be done, not when will it be done subtract all the negatives and be very objective, how long can the job be done.

@isaymymind1727

2 жыл бұрын

@@billtev9846 Are you ignoring that the rate at which this job is done depends on who owns and releases the funds?

I am not a Zimbo but I loved visiting your beautiful city in the 1980s & this video reminds me a little bit of those great hey days when the streets of Harare were littered by different skin colour with very nice clean streets & buildings everywhere including the high density areas like Highfield. Your city is of course, still a nice beautiful city, but not like the way it used to look. Thanks.

@t.m1222

2 жыл бұрын

Are you aware that before 1980 Zimbabwean blacks were not allowed in city centre, buy houses in low density suburbs, not allowed in schools meant for whites?

@W8rrfsdY73

2 жыл бұрын

@@t.m1222 So? Look at it now.

@donniedube150

2 жыл бұрын

@@W8rrfsdY73 Dont say so like you it isn't important. I understand that what the other commenter said doesn't have much value regarding the comment above, but just calm

@W8rrfsdY73

2 жыл бұрын

Important - it was - in 1980. But 1980 is not 2000.

@lu881

2 жыл бұрын

@@W8rrfsdY73 What do you mean by, _"so look at it now"

Good old days,Harare was was so beautiful and clean.those type of cars some of them are still on the road.that was the Sunshine City we used to know.

It was clean waaal, the order, no bad driving, everyone in the video dressed nicely 👌

Look how clean and tidy the place used to be.

@livingfaith9189

2 жыл бұрын

And this is during a black government....let that sink in.

@pm9572

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it really has sunk in, thank you. The same black government is the one leading the country now….let that sink in. No wonder why the country has gone to the pot with narrow minded people like you……let the sink in

@sheilan6959

2 жыл бұрын

@@livingfaith9189 Yes ofcourse the same black government that destroyed all this in less than 20 years

@villasquad8712

2 жыл бұрын

@@livingfaith9189 ahaha stupid comment go there now

@carlosgombarashama5872

2 жыл бұрын

@@pm9572 you should have just asked what did the race thing had to do with it

Oooh my beautiful Zimbabwe will we ever go back to those days, uuuuh i could not hold back my tears what happened to us.Zvinopanobudika here mwari will we ever have our Sunshine city back.

@tichaonaguta

2 жыл бұрын

I hope we'll rewind back to where we were, but I doubt it

I was a visiting Harare in 1993, and yes, it was exactly as depicted in this brief video. It was clean, orderly and also everyone had a purpose and pride in their city. I returned for another visit in 2015 some 22 years later , and shack horror, everything had changed for the worse. It made me very sad to see a once very beautiful city, become so rundown and neglected.

@prod.bexerk8997

2 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that it's way worse than it was in 2015 😭, 😭 God save us

@Tsitsi414

2 жыл бұрын

@@prod.bexerk8997 True

@vaibhavnagare8549

2 жыл бұрын

Well that can be changed again and we'll get to see even better Zimbabwe in year 2043 if we get the right people in the government 😃

@prod.bexerk8997

2 жыл бұрын

@@vaibhavnagare8549 i doubt the zanu scumbags will ever leave

@vaibhavnagare8549

2 жыл бұрын

@@prod.bexerk8997 man it's not even like we're living in old days where we didn't had access to internet. Things are started looking to change because of the internet technology broke out.

Drove through Harare in1994 from Aliwal North SA to Kampala,Uganda. Memorable journey.

@thomasreilly6362

5 ай бұрын

I went with my wife from Nairobi to Malindi, to Mombasa on to Dar es Salaam across to Zanzibar back to Nairobi then on to Kampala, drove down through Tanzania to Malawi. In a security convoy across the Mozambique road to Zimbabwe and down to Cape Town 4 months it took 9 punchured tyres. Beautiful countries, very decent people. My lasting memory is never look for wild animals you'll meet them when you least expect to in Africa.

No one was obese

No vendors in the street, people well dressed…

Everyone looked smart and clean. Even the Jacaranda trees were blooming flowers.

Cinematographer skills on point too 😀

Take me back to the good old days beautiful town clean and smart diverse group of people wow

varungu vaitoonekwao muma streets eHarare vachifamba,kwainge kuine togetherness & one love ooh my God

this is sad ....i could just cry now

Harare used to be beautiful, hope some day it will regain its glory!!!!!

I know i was only a year old but this feels very Nostalgic 🤗

Wow those were the days please post more of these

Thank you for a trip back in time!

Proudly being Zimbo💜

It was very clean, there was order, well dressed working people. The city was a dream of everyone....cry my beloved country, all this is gone

@villasquad8712

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah people were employed and no loitering its sad what we become now

Well marked roads. Orderly. We used to enjoy our country. Well dressed people.

@villasquad8712

2 жыл бұрын

More importantly healthy looking individuals

Zimbabwe was a melting pot of different ethnicities, it was a great country of high standards. But year 2000 changed it all. Thank you Zanu pf for destroying the country. You did an amazing job. The roads look nothing like this now. The whole country look nothing like this and most people are leaving or trying to leave.

Very emotional video . Take a look , clean and clearly marked roads , functioning robots , beautiful people, everyone from all walks of life doing about their own business, peaceful environment . Sad a certain group of people destroyed a beautiful country. ZANU PF make me cringe ahhhhhhhhhh!!. Very tear jerking

can we have more and longer of harare during its hey days?

That is the Harare we would love to have again...

The year 1994 brings so much memories. Spirit of jealous.

Wow Zimbabwe was great country

The year I was born! ❤ Harare was so smart

Beautifully Seeing the datsun 120y, sunny box hb12. ,e 30 bmw and mazda 323 gives me the best memories and makes me feel alright

I feel like crying, it is hardly recognisable now. One day it will be like that again hopefully 😉

@man-solo7516

2 жыл бұрын

What went wrong?

@hlawulanisibisi2634

2 жыл бұрын

@@man-solo7516 obviously, the series of bad decisions taken by Mugabe, destroyed everything

@admiregmatake3440

2 жыл бұрын

When 1$ to 20$ Zim dollar was so powerful. Even coin ka Tsuro 5c (for those under 20s) could still buy something, if you had 5$ 10$ 20$ uriMambo, pakabuda $50 ne €100 re Green paya it all went to sh#%t. Don't think in this life time Zim will ever be that prosperous, have pride, efficient and that beautiful ever again. Jobless and hopeless, tired youths, corruption list goes on. 😴 good bye Sunshine City! The days 1st Street was so vibrant, posh and multicultural.

@hlawulanisibisi2634

2 жыл бұрын

@Thems even more frustrating, is Zimbabweans and see us south Africans as if we are dumb by not taking the land by force. Forgetting that taking the land is not as easy as doing it tomorrow

Witnessed this ,yaive mhosva kupinda mu town nemota yakasviba good old days , tichitorwa hedu ma pics pa Africa Unity Square

Those days would prepare a journey to go to town taisapinda tonaz usina kugeza kwe te now would see umwe ane mabori mutown

man this country used to be amazingly beautiful

Damn it’s more beautiful than it is now 😩💔

That is the time when zimbabwe's economy was still stable

Woow it was beautiful and so clean

This is beautiful

Even the trees🌲were happy during this time

Everyone dressed like they’re going to a job interview 😂😂

If we don’t end the apathy as citizens of this country it will be interesting to see what Harare will look like after another 10 years. I shudder at the thought. We all have a part to play, be it driving properly, not being corrupt, not littering and vandalizing property; and realizing that we have only borrowed the land from our great grand children and owe it to them to take care of it and make improvements.

@vaibhavnagare8549

2 жыл бұрын

I'm down for that.

Wow when Harare had roads without potholes

Building something to this standards takes time, destroying it just take a short while.... 2021 we are in ruins. I miss our hey days, kana horodhi yasvika tichimirra anababa vachibva Harare kuuya kumusha

Wow I wish I was there during the time the country looks good roads are clean and marked the country feels great

Cant stop thinking what really happened to our beautiful country

@godwinmlay3405

2 жыл бұрын

Simple; greedy happened

@christ.addict6733

2 жыл бұрын

ZANU Pf happened

@DaynNightOG

2 жыл бұрын

@@christ.addict6733 Its so painful

@erisherm.8451

2 жыл бұрын

Zanu pf criminals happened

@TiziraiMhari

2 жыл бұрын

Zanu pf happened and they busy blaming mdc

Awesome - tatenda for sharing these memories. Be nice to see Bullies too 😁

twas beautiful back then....thanks for sharing

This is the Harare I know very beautiful....

Madireyi kutifungisa makare kudaro? Lovely city those days wearing my Doc Martins

Ma change money ese anga achiri ku primary. Vanwe vanga vasati vabva kumusha. Kwakazoti kwauyiwa....

@oliverchipoyera

2 жыл бұрын

Kkk now they are everywhere

@cc35506

4 ай бұрын

Kkkk

I lived there between 93-95. Shocked at stories I’ve heard about how it is these days. Frightened to return.😢

That was the year I left for Buluwayo, that was Harare at it's best!

This somehow hurts 💔

Peaceful days of no facebook & instagram……

My favorite 504 Sedan

This was the time Maurice Nyagumbo killed himself for a Toyota Cressida 🤣🤣🤣🤣. If he can see modern cars being driven by the illegitimate clueless regime full of real thieves, he will never stop crying 😢

It was still nice then

@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298

2 жыл бұрын

Why're you not nice now?

@pm9572

2 жыл бұрын

The country is unrecognisable now. What country fully function on the mercy of charitable organisations and borrowing!!!! All due to the so called ridiculous leaders

@isaymymind1727

2 жыл бұрын

@@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298 AMaswina abulele ilizwe. It was noce then because there was plenty to steal for the MaSwina and more Ndebele blood to drink.

@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298

2 жыл бұрын

@@isaymymind1727 he edited his comment. Original comment was "I was still nice then" 😂😂. Kodwa uqinisile shuwa Shem! .

Why doesn't Zbc TV show this? Now i see why it was called Sunshine City. Im really heart broken 😭😭 i was only a year old.

Beautiful Harare 👌

Got really emotional, left the country many years ago when everything was in order and just before this clip I was watching a young trucker driving to Zambia approaching Chirundu and if you look at the conditions of the so called highway road it's pathetic and very dangerous. No wonder why so many innocent people are victims of these road accidents. It's sad to see such a beautiful country going to rubbles just like that.

@simbarashe.zvinoera

2 жыл бұрын

You need to update your information and travel more. The National highways are back in good condition. It's municipal roads that need work

@vaibhavnagare8549

2 жыл бұрын

For things to change you have to change for things to get better you have to get better for things to improve you have to improve and for your country to be developed you have to develop and not leaving the country..

Exactly what Smith said if Zimbabweans rule themselves the country will collapse

Old is gol beautiful Harare Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

I like the gentlemen doing suit window shopping

I'm liking the cars, the 504 sedans ,nissan sunnies,datsun pulsars they all looking beautiful

The Greatest Country in the world 🌎 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Beautiful

@MosesMatsepane

2 жыл бұрын

Huh? Greatest what?

Beverly Hills of Africa, may God restore zim please look at all that my goodness...

One becomes heart broken when us see what has become of a beautiful town😢

Models were everywhere🤣. Everyone and the city were on point. And that shoe at 1:05👌🏾

I would love to relive the 90s 🤗

Amazing. So much order.

These days kwanga kusati kwakumwiwa BronClere(ngoma) I think thats kwanga kune order

Vana Bob vachingodya zvavo mari nxa!? ESAP yanga yatoitwa ka apa!?

I am 11 years old I am born in zimbabwe and I wish that a lot of people get access to technology and game consoles

Take me back to 1994...

It was soo beautiful

ZANU-PF ruined Africa's Jewel. What a shame.

@victortakunda5443

2 жыл бұрын

This was during ZanuPf rule

@ChecXYkitout

2 жыл бұрын

@@victortakunda5443. But it went down hill after this, under Zanu.

@victortakunda5443

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChecXYkitout What do you mean after this? Tell us which year.

@pm9572

2 жыл бұрын

Victor- Please don’t be delusional, it’s not good for you. The so called government ZANU-PF were leaders then and now. They have ruined the country clearly, you don’t really want to know which year (because you know it already). Sad Sad situation, particularly when there’s people like you who fail to open their eyes. The country now relies on borrowing, charity and its people who are in the diaspora. Obviously it all went Downhill After This

@villasquad8712

2 жыл бұрын

@@victortakunda5443 you do realise Zanu pf inherited a good Economy, good infrastructure, good health system build by Ian Smith and that is public knowledge. So don't try make lies when people can easily follow the history of Zimababwe.

Where did all of this go. It’s saddening to see how it looks now.

So neat tidy and orderly.

i was 18 that time. looks like people back then used to drink more water than alcohol. how healthy!

Thanks for sharing the good olde days, very touching.

Woow 👏 this was great

The dress code took me to another level. Everything seems like there were no problems#ama2000

Can't believe Mugabe and his family turned this good looking, organized city into a disaster

Wow! Looks like this was acted. Couldn't see anyone walking aimlessly

@TiziraiMhari

2 жыл бұрын

Please upload Bulawayo Gweru Masvingo Mutare our country was extra beautiful

Wow gone are those days by 1994 me l was in grade 3 and we never lacked anything at all

Wish to go back in time

Look at the nice roads

Ooow now it makes sense why they called it Sunshine City. The transformation that happened to it dimmed every ray of the Sun part .cry my beloved country.

So what went wrong nhai?