Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ahakoa he tono ki te whakatū whare wānanga i Makhanda i mahia i te tīmatanga o te tau 1902, ko ngā raruraru pūtea i pā mai i ngā Pakanga Rohe
i Eastern Cape i ārai i te whakatinanatanga o te tono. I te tau 1904 i tukuna e Leander Starr Jameson te £ 50,000 o nga hea pai ki te whare wananga mai i te Rhodes Trust. Na tēnei pūtea i whakatūria ai te Whare Wānanga o Rōte e tētahi ture o te Pāremata i te 31 o Mei 1904.