In this introduction to the study I give a critical analysis of the anthropologists, historians and other scholars who played the most important role in creating what is known today as Venda history.

For the purpose of this research, the name Vhavenda is taken to refer to those Venda people who live in Venda, as well as all those who maintain a reasonable contact with Venda or the traditions of the …

Modern History of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape the Mapungubwe State. From 1700 AD, the Venda and Sotho-Tswana communities settled in the region until their eviction to make way for white …

Chapter 3 traces the history of Venda from pre-colonial times to the end of apartheid and provides an introduction to the physical geography and contem-porary social and economic conditions in the area.

The Republic of Venda, the smallest independent state on the African continent, is one of a group of four states that obtained their independence from the Republic of South Africa during the period 1976 to …

We studied the marginal utilization of 40 wild vegetable species in the Venda area of Limpopo Province (South Africa). Use of these vegetables with various purposes by humans is indicated.

Two schools of thought have dominated interpretations of Venda history: an early school suggesting a central the 'real' Venda, and the current school emphasizing local origins. The paper presents an …