Rhodes also served for a brief period as Administrator of Mashonaland and as the appointed military member of the council of four in the government of Matabeleland under Leander Starr Jameson. He was placed on the half-pay list in 1894.
Rhodes briefly oversaw Mashonaland as an administrator, and concurrently held a military position within the governing council of four in Matabeleland, under the leadership of Leander Starr Jameson. In 1894, he received reduced pay.