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 held a temporary role as administrator of Mashonaland and also served as a military advisor to the governing council of four in Matabeleland under Jameson's leadership. His position was reduced to half-pay in 1894.