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Venda was a bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 in northern South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, now part of Limpopo province. It was founded as a homeland
Homeland

A homeland is the concept of the territory to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular nationality began....
 for the Venda people
Venda people

The Venda are a Southern African people living mostly near the South African-Zimbabwean border....
, speakers of the Venda language
Venda language

Venda, also known as Tshiven?a, or Luven?a, is a Bantu languages language. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa , but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe....
.

It was declared self-governing on 1 February 1973. On 13 September 1979, it was declared independent by the South African government and its residents lost their South African citizenship. In common with other bantustans, its independence was not recognized by the international community. Being nominally independent it was possible to set up a casino which was done in the early 1980s, staffed in the main by British workers.






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Venda was a bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 in northern South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, now part of Limpopo province. It was founded as a homeland
Homeland

A homeland is the concept of the territory to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular nationality began....
 for the Venda people
Venda people

The Venda are a Southern African people living mostly near the South African-Zimbabwean border....
, speakers of the Venda language
Venda language

Venda, also known as Tshiven?a, or Luven?a, is a Bantu languages language. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa , but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe....
.

It was declared self-governing on 1 February 1973. On 13 September 1979, it was declared independent by the South African government and its residents lost their South African citizenship. In common with other bantustans, its independence was not recognized by the international community. Being nominally independent it was possible to set up a casino which was done in the early 1980s, staffed in the main by British workers. The sovereign nation of Venda didn't practice apartheid, leading to relationships across the racial divide.

It was initially a series of non-contiguous territories in the Transvaal
Transvaal

File:Flag of Transvaal.svgFile:Transvaal map.pngFile:Spelterini Transvaal.jpgThe Transvaal is the name of an area of northern South Africa....
, with one main part and one main exclave
Exclave

An exclave is strip of land that belongs to a political entity but that is not connected to it by land . The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities....
. Its capital, formerly at Sibasa
Sibasa

Sibasa is a town in Limpopo Province, South Africa and the former capital city of the Venda bantustan. When Venda was declared independent in 1979, the capital was moved to Thohoyandou....
, was moved to Thohoyandou
Thohoyandou

Thohoyandou is the administrative and legislative centre for this Venda region in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Previously, it was the capital of the Bantustan of Venda....
 (which included the old Sibasa administrative district) when Venda was declared independent in 1979. Prior to independence it was expanded to form one contiguous territory, with a total land area of 6,807 kmē. Its stated population in 1991 was 558,797 (This was not accurate), with the majority of Venda peoples in Southern Africa living within its territory. The state was cut off from neighboring Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
 by the Madimbo corridor, patrolled by South African troops, to the north, and from nearby Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....
 by the Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. It covers 18,989 square km and extends 350 km from north to south and 60 km from east to west....
.

The first President of Venda, Patrick Mphephu
Patrick Mphephu

Chief Patrick Ramaano Mphephu was the first Heads of State of Venda of the bantustan of Venda, which was granted nominal independence from South Africa on 13 September 1979....
, was also a chief of the Venda people. His successor, Frank Ravele, was overthrown in a military coup in 1990, after which the territory was ruled by the Council of National Unity. Venda was re-absorbed into South Africa on 27 April 1994.

In 1982, the University of Venda
University of Venda

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 was established as an institution for higher learning for vha-Venda people.

Venda is divided into small areas, such as Mukhase, where pure water can be found running off the mountain. The area contains wild animals such as elephant
Elephant

Elephants are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea and the family Elephantidae. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant ....
s, lion
Lion

The lion is a member of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. With exceptionally large males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger....
s, and springbok
Springbok Antelope

The Springbok is a medium sized brown and white gazelle that stands about 75 cm high. Springbuck males weigh between 33-48 kg and the females between to 30-44 kg....
.

Famous Venda people

  • Khuthash 'The Computer'
  • Rudzani Ramudzuli
    Rudzani Ramudzuli

    Rudzani Ramudzuli is a South African football striker and winger for Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League....
  • Ice p (Lusunzi)
  • Phillip Ndou
    Phillip Ndou

    Phillip Ndou was a boxing. He had an excellent knockout percentage, with a record of 31-3 . He was forced into early retirement when he collapsed after a loss to Isaac Hlatshwayo....
  • Professor Tshilidzi Marwala
    Tshilidzi Marwala

    Tshilidzi Marwala born 28 July 1971 in Venda, Limpopo South Africa is the Adhominem Professor of Electrical Engineering as well as the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering as well as the DST/NRF South Africa Research Chair of Systems Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand....
  • Professor Mulalo Doyoyo
  • Joel Netshitenzhe
    Joel Netshitenzhe

    Joel Netshitenzhe is head of the policy and coordination advisory unit in the presidency. He previously served as head of South Africa's Government Communication and Information Systems from 1998 to 2006....
  • Alfred Lusunzi
  • Sidney Mufamadi
  • Cyril Ramaphosa
    Cyril Ramaphosa

    Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South Africa lawyer, trade union leader, activist, politician and businessman. He was born in Soweto, near Johannesburg, in what is now Gauteng province....
  • Thovhele Vho
  • Kennedy Tshivhase (self-proclaimed King of Venda)
  • Mukoni Ratshitanga
  • Maduvha Madima
  • Mbulaheni Charles Mphephu
    Mbulaheni Charles Mphephu

    Mbulaheni Charles Mphephu . He holds a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of KwaZulu Natal. He had developed a number of economic development plans for both rural and urban KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng provinces in South Africa....
  • Mmbara Hulisani Kevin
  • Mbulaheni Mulaudzi
  • Lukhwareni
  • Stanley Liphadzi
  • Aluwani Dzhivhuho
  • Lusani Mafunzwaini
  • Re. Thivhilaeli Simon Nedohe
  • Lufuno Lefty Maphala
  • WMRD Phophi
  • Mashudu Owen Mundalamo
  • Azwinaki Erick Phalandwa
  • Ramagwede Robert
  • Ramagwede samuel Nyadzani

See also

  • Heads of State of Venda
    Heads of state of Venda

    List of the Heads of State of Venda ...
  • South African Translators' Association
  • Vhavenda, the ethnic group who live in Limpopo
    Limpopo

    Limpopo is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly called Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of the Transvaal province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal....
     state in South Africa
    South Africa

    The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
    .