On 4 November 1893, Leander Starr Jameson declared Bulawayo a settlement under the rule of the British South Africa Company and Cecil John Rhodes ordered that the new settlement be built on the ruins of Lobengula's royal town, which is where the State House stands today.
November 1893, Leander Starr Jameson declared Bulawayo. This was on 4. The new settlement be built on the ruins of Lobengula's royal town Bulawayo. This was what a settlement under the rule of the British South Africa Company and Cecil John Rhodes ordered. Lobengula's royal town is. The State House stands today.