After signing the Rudd Concession, Cecil John Rhodes rushed to London to seek a charter for the occupation (colonisation) of modern day Zimbabwe. Rhodes won the support of the London’s leaders and further offered to his personal fortune to occupy Zimbabwe. He then went to SA and organised the Pioneer Column, which would be the first group to enter Zimbabwe with the intention to actually occupy. They entered Zimbabwe through Maklautsi river to avoid the resistance of the Ndebele. They firstly establised Fort Victoria (modern day Masvingo) and Fort Charter (modern day Chivhu) before hoisting the British flag at Fort Victoria.
On this day in 1952, former football coach and player Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa was born in Enkeldoorn (Chivhu), Zimbabwe. Chidzambwa played for Dynamos as defender where he won five league championships and also for Zimbabwe at international level in the FIFA world cup qualifying match in 1980. After retiring as a player, he managed several football cubs in Zimbabwe and South Africa. He was appointed Zimbabwe National Team coach in 2017 and he retired in 2019.