Key facts
- 1980
- 7,410 km (2,860 sq mi)
- 1991
- 558,797
- Status
- Bantustan , (de facto), puppet state of Apartheid South Africa
- Official languages
- Venda , English , Afrikaans
- 1979 1988
- Patrick Mphephu
- 1988 1990
- Frank Ravele
- 1990 1994
- Gabriel Ramushwana
- Jan apr 1994
- Tshamano Ramabulana
- Legislature
- Legislative Assembly
- Self government
- 1 February 1973
- Nominal independence
- 13 September 1979
- Coup d etat
- 5 April 1990
- Dissolution
- 27 April 1994
- Currency
- South African rand
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Capital
- Thohoyandou
- Official language
- Afrikaans
- Currency
- rand
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- replaced by
- Limpopo
- topic's main category
- Category:Venda
- inception
- 1979-09-13
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-04-27
- Commons category
- Venda (Bantustan)
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthem of Venda at nationalanthems.info.
Venda (/ˈvɛndə/ VEN-də), officially the Republic of Venda (Venda: Riphabuliki ya Venḓa; Afrikaans: Republiek van Venda), was a Bantustan in northern South Africa. It was fairly close to the South African border with Zimbabwe to the north, while, to the south and east, it shared a long border with another black homeland, Gazankulu. It is now part of the Limpopo province. Venda was founded by the South African government as a homeland for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language. The United Nations and international community refused to recognise Venda (or any other Bantustan) as an independent state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Venda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.