The first actual settlement here was established in the early Dark Ages, though archaelogical evidence indicates that there were inhabitants of the area long before that.
Marhumbi lawa ma ve kona hi lembe-xidzana ra vunhungu C.E., kambe ku ni vumbhoni bya leswaku a ku ri ni vanhu lava tshameke endhawini yoleyo eka madzana ya malembe emahlweni ka nkarhi wolowo.