Venda bantustan

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Venda bantustan was a nominally independent, apartheid-era homeland in northern South Africa designated for the Venda-speaking people.

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Venda bantustan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apartheid homeland
bantustan
former country
borderedBy Gazankulu bantustan
Lebowa bantustan
Mozambique (via Kruger National Park region)
linked to: northern Mozambique

Zimbabwe
capital Thohoyandou
coatOfArmsUsed Coat of arms of Venda
country South Africa
createdBy apartheid government of South Africa
currency South African rand
dateDissolved 27 April 1994
dateEstablished 1962
declaredIndependent 13 September 1979
demonym Venda citizen
ethnicGroupDesignatedFor Venda people
firstPresident Patrick Mphephu
flagUsed Flag of Venda
formerCapital Sibasa
governmentType one-party state
headOfStateTitle President
independenceRecognizedBy Bophuthatswana
Ciskei
South Africa
Transkei
legalStatus nominally independent state
locatedIn Transvaal region
linked to: Transvaal

northern South Africa
mergedInto Republic of South Africa
linked to: South Africa
notRecognizedBy United Nations
international community
officialLanguage English language
linked to: English

Venda language
partOf apartheid system
policyContext separate development
populationGroupTargeted Black Africans
purpose territorial segregation of Venda people
region Vhembe District
reincorporatedInto South Africa
religionMajority Christianity
rulingParty Venda National Party
selfGoverningSince 1973
sovereigntyControlledBy South Africa
statusAfter1994 defunct political entity
successorEntity Limpopo Province
territoryNowIn Limpopo Province

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luvenda colonialEraHomeland Venda bantustan
Vhavenda homelandDuringApartheid Venda bantustan