Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kodayake an gabatar da shawarar kafa jami'a a Makhanda tun a farkon 1902, matsalolin kudi da ya haifar da Yakin Yakin
a Gabashin Cape ya hana aiwatar da shawarar. A cikin 1904 Leander Starr Jameson ya ba da £ 50,000 fifiko ga jami'a daga Rhodes Trust. Tare da wannan kudade, an kafa Kwalejin Jami'ar Rhodes ta hanyar dokar majalisa a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1904.