Portal:Venda/Intro

Venda was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, which is 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 as a homeland by the South African government for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language and was declared self-governing on 1 February 1973, with Vendan parliamentary elections held later in the year. Further Vendan parliamentary elections were held in July 1978. Its residents lost their South African citizenship.

In common with the other Bantustans, the United Nations and its independence was not recognised by the international community.