1982 – Last Day of Salisbury Post Office
Last Day of Salisbury Post Office
18 July 1982
The City of Salisbury was officially changed to the City of Harare on 18 April 1982, the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. It took its name from the village near Harare Kopje of the Shona chief Neharawa, whose nickname was “he who does not sleep”. Prior to independence, Harare was the name of the black residential area now known as Mbare.
In 1982, Salisbury Post Office changed its name to Harare Post Office.
