Highfield, Harare - Zones/Areas of Highfield

Zones/Areas of Highfield

Highfield is divided into several zones, the primary Zones being Old Highfield and New Highfield. New Highfield was established in 1956 and comprises Lusaka, named after the Zambian capital, a testimony to a significant part of its population who are of Zambian and Malawian origin; Egypt, Jerusalem and Canaan named after biblical places; Engineering; Cherima (Dark Zone)used to be off the electricity grid; Zororo (place of rest); and Western Triangle which literary forms a triangle to the west where Highfield border with Glen Norah and Glen View. The newest area of Highfield is Paradise (1996) which is located at the southern end and borders Lusaka; it connects Highfield to nearby Glen Norah suburb to the South and part of it is in Glen Norah.

Old Highfield was established in the 1930s and it comprises 3 distinct areas namely; The 2 Pounds, 5 Pounds, 12 Pounds and The Stands.The most affluent parts of Highfield are the two areas of Old Highfield; The Stands and the 5 Pounds. The stands are so named because when first sold, the area was a greenfield and residents had to build houses of their choices; this is in comparison to the other areas of Highfield where the Government had built low cost basic housing for the natives and sold it at reflective prices. Historically, the yards here are very large and the houses, flamboyant and indulgent to reflect the affluent status of the black Rhodesians who settled here. Black Rhodesians who even if they afforded could not buy properties outside African designated areas naturally settled here. Some of the famous Zimbabweans to own properties here include Innocent Utsiwegota's family, Mwaera and Tawengwa's and Robert Mugabe. The 5 Pounds area is so named because the houses here were priced at 5 Pounds when first sold compared to the average of 2 Pounds in other areas as reflected in the 2 Pounds name. The 2 Pounds area is relatively deprived in comaprison to the other two.