The Tati District, a grant made to Captain Levert by the Matabele rulers, was the site of the first area of gold exploration in what is now Botswana.

Very roughly corresponding to the North-East District of Botswana, it was bounded by the Ramoqueban to the east and the Shashi to the west.

[1] There is a border crossing between the village of Matsiloje in Botswana and the post of Warmley in Zimbabwe.

During a period of low rainfall in 2010, the river largely dried up.

There was tension between the people of the two towns who were competing for water from pools dug into the riverbed.