The Pioneer Column, a military volunteer force of settlers organised by Cecil Rhodes, founded the city on 12 September 1890 as a fort. They originally named the city Fort Salisbury after The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, then British prime minister, and it subsequently became known simply as Salisbury.
The name of the city was changed to Harare on 18 April 1982, the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, taking 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.
Prince Edward School (or "P.E.") was established in 1898 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) as Salisbury Grammar.
The school is named for Edward VIII, who was Prince Edward at the time. It is the oldest boys school in Harare and the second oldest in Zimbabwe after its main sporting rival, St Georges' College. It is listed as the 38th oldest school in Africa.
The motto of the school "Tot Facienda Parum Factum" ("so much to do, so little done") is attributed as Cecil John Rhodes' last words.
These photos were taken in 1977/1978 when Harare was still called Salisbury. Some of these shots were taken on Agfa slide film which does not seem to have withstood the test of time too well.
