Cape Town, South Africa in old photographs

[@robinriley9290]

Looked a damn sight better than it does now...

[@johannsmith8670]

A beautiful , different era,.... incredible what was accomplished in a very short period by fantastic engineers, craftsman , masons etc.... the detail is 100% Tartarian Age...its literally a different world....electrical trams !!! We have not evolved we have "devolved' over time....sad. I wish i could've been there to see the builders in action !!! Phenomenal !!!

[@Undeletedgold]

Slaver ass opinion

[@afriquelesud]

Alderman Brett Herron was quite excited about the "progress" when MyCiti Bus introduced EV buses fairly recently. So I told him he came a bit late to that party, as I recall seeing electric trolley buses about six decades ago, also in Johannesburg. The young ones think they're first with great ideas. 😂😂 There's nothing new under the sun.

[@elizabethnovak4088]

Wow!! Those are treasures!!

[@FinnishSAball325]

Baie mooi, oue tyd

[@doepieduplessis7163]

...amazing time that was..the best is yet to come, just going through some birthpains and evil exposure folks, dont loose faith , love and treat your neighbor as you would yor loved ones..and voila more spectacular times ahead..!!

[@TheHiltonblake]

Oh, wow!.. I LOVE these old pics!.. Do some of them date back to the late 1800's?.. 🤔

[@kingmufasa8929]

Yes

[@Natallia_Hickman-Smith]

Thank you for sharing this video! 🤝 It’s a very sensible topic when architects, engineers built Cape Town.. Without these historical moments, Cape Town would not be so beautiful as it is today! South Africa is unfortunately degrading, I’m very sad about this and I cannot do anything - my most favourite country on Earth is sinking like the Titanic. The new society is terrible and can only destroy everything! They are not creators! Even my family (top quality upper level South Africans with traditional family values, etiquette and morale) have to move to Europe to our ancestors because of this now…

[@Travellingworld.1]

Beautiful ❤❤❤❤

[@right_42]

i feel like the things people dont like about cape town now are a result of late stage captalism taking advantage of the the government, im pretty sure we lost a large portion of those buildings during apartheid. im just upset we lost the trams. a rail network would greatly benefit all people who live here.

[@richardthompson5810]

It would be nice to see a date on each photo

[@mtnstrand2819]

My exact thought.

[@nataliatomil9683]

It was an incredible civilization on Earth, same buildings all over the world, same technologies! Nothing to do with colonialism at all!

[@tristanbreet]

And all The ANC contribution are longdrops and shacks .. amazing

[@samienaamien7038]

AND THE WHITE COLONIALISTS" CONTRIBUTION WAS MURDER

[@afriquelesud]

And burnt toast.

[@royvanlouw8680]

It would be if marvelous if these snapshots had dates for the generations yet unborn

[@kingmufasa8929]

Oh the beauty that Jan established in 1652

[@davidrbrtsn]

Sad comment thread. Colonialism was absolutely effed up beyond the scope of what you're capable of fathoming.

[@markloubser2433]

It was beautiful then........

[@whiteybester9160]

That's how we used to live...and....and then came the anc gemors.

[@nazk5558]

That's sad. You're glorifying the Apartheid racist era.

[@whiteybester9160]

@@nazk5558 yes. Apartheid built this country. You fuct it up.

[@imiejj8665]

Hey Boer, voetsak 😂

[@daleneoberholster125]

Toe Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 land, was die WIEL nog nie eers hier bestaan nie. Wat nog te sè van sulke pragtige argitektuur! Dit is wat n mens BESKAWING noem.

[@leszjacobs1637]

All built by the Coloured people and other slaves brought from India and Malaysia. These people were all underpaid and work a 10 hour day, 6 days a week. All the Coloured people who lived there were forcefully removed and located to places outside of Cape Town.😊

[@afriquelesud]

Not true!! My white relatives were artisans that helped build. Your racist remark is illegal in this country: delete your spam

[@dirkpretorius8878]

How we used to live: Please tell what the music is. Thanks.

[@u.sbanban]

this place hasnt changed one bit

[@VaultMAN-xn4dv]

Expect the fact that the city is a shithole now

[@VaultMAN-xn4dv]

It’s more of a tourist attraction than a place to live

[@Miss-Suj]

The time when people are colour were not considered humans...

[@afriquelesud]

Wrong.

[@ElmaWilson-t7i]

We shall never experience these golden years again.

[@samienaamien7038]

I wonder whether you think white men built those alone.

[@ElmaWilson-t7i]

@@samienaamien7038 why do you always go the racist way??

[@samienaamien7038]

@@ElmaWilson-t7i The best gaslighting ever! Congrats!

[@ericusdaniel7890]

Nou breek barbaar dit alles af

[@BeverlJacobs]

Colonialist came to take not give .

[@henrymiller3663]

Colonists gave you electricity, ANC gave you loadshedding.

[@anonymousduck1611]

​@@henrymiller3663Colonialists also gave you institutionalised racism, exploitation of cheap labour and lack of freedoms to the majority of the population. The ANC is by all means corrupt and inefficient, but they don't suppress people's freedoms like the colonists.

[@Helgardt6189]

Thanks to Colonialism,civilisation was brought to the African continent.

[@byronvath4879]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 @@bluefreedom5342

[@IainHirons]

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[@siyabonganxumalo4574]

I guess Egypt is outside Africa.

[@lechatleblanc]

it wasnt colonialism as we are taught.... it was a past global civilization called tartaria

[@godfreyberry1599]

All but completely destroyed up country

[@CraigCoetzee-i3l]

Europeans are definitely a superior race. Just look at the buildings and architecture. Europeans were building cities and traveling across oceans. When they arrived here in 1652 the black people were still wearing skins and hadn't even seen a wheel.

[@VaultMAN-xn4dv]

He’s out of line but he’s right

[@hungrymaniac1445]

is life really about being better than others? having to break others down just to feel better about yourself? africans did not care about being the best or having the best equipment, they were content with their people, they only cared about being there for each other instead of outshining others. they were definitely much happier than the europeans, that is for sure.