Cecil John Rhodes aive chizvarwa cheBritain, asi akazogara munyika yeSouth Africa. Akanga ari mutungamiri kana kuti prime minister wedunhu rakanga rapambwa nevachena reCape kubva muna 1890 kusvika muna 1896. Akaramba achiwedzera kutora nyika dzevanhu vatema dzakaita seBechuanaland (iyo yave kunzi Botswana) mugore ra1884. Kubva mugore ra1889 maziso ake akatorwa neZimbabwe yaakatumidzwa zita rekuti Rhodesia. Rhodes akafa muna 1902 uye guva rake riri kuMatopo kuBulawayo.