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
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- inception
- 1979-09-13
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-04-27
- Commons category
- Venda (Bantustan)
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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.
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