Venda is part of the Limpopo province in South Africa.
In 1973 Venda was granted self-government and in 1979 it was granted independence.
The United Nations Security Council condemned the homelands policy as a strategy of the South African government’s to further apartheid and Venda was not recognised as an independent country by the rest of the world.
Venda applied to become a part of South Africa in 1991. The homeland policy was dissolved in 1994 and all the homelands in the country were absorbed into South Africa.
– SA History Online.
The language of Venda is called Tshivenda and it is an official language of South Africa.
Common Venda cuisine are Maize Porridge, Mopane Worms, Marula fruit, among others.
