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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Venda bantustan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Luvenda → colonialEraHomeland → Venda bantustan ⓘ
Vhavenda → homelandDuringApartheid → Venda bantustan ⓘ