Records indicate that the goats have been selected from lop-eared animals that migrated with tribes to the southern part of Africa more than 2000 years ago.
Ditlaleho di bontsha hore dipodi di kgethilwe ho diphoofolo tse ditsebe tse pommeng tse falletseng le merabe karolong e ka borwa ya Afrika dilemong tse fetang 2000 tse fetileng.