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Charles Rudd was a business associate of Cecil John Rhodes. On the 13 October 1888 he secured an agreement to the mineral rights of Matabeleland and Mashonaland from Lobengula the King of Matabeleland. The agreement became know as the Rudd Concession. Matabeleland and Mashonaland form the bulk of what is now know as Zimbabwe. Cecil Rhodes. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Matabeleland is a region in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. ... Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe. ... Lobengula (d. ...