While some of the earliest remnants of humanity are found in the nearby Drakensberg, it is now established that prior to the arrival of the Nguni people and subsequent European colonialists, the area was populated by the original people of Southern Africa, now collectively called the Khoi/San.
Ngenkathi ezinye zezinsalela zokuqala zesintu zitholakala eDrakensberg eseduze, manje sekutholakele ukuthi ngaphambi kokufika kwabantu abangamaNguni kanye nabakholoniyali baseYurophu abalandela, le ndawo yayigcwele abantu bokuqala baseNingizimu ye-Afrika - manje sebebizwa ngamaKhoi / San.