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Thohoyandou name means "head of the elephant" in the Venda language, and was the name of one of the VhaVenda kings. Thohoyandou was built at Tshiluvhi which was under Khosi vho Netshiluvhi. Construction started in 1977 with P East and P West residential area/location as R293 town, a shopping centre and Venda Government buildings.
Venḓa or Tshivenḓa is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people (or Vhavenḓa) in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as by some Lemba people in South Africa. The Tshivenda language is related to the Kalanga language which is spoken in Southern ...
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Madima was born in Venda, Limpopo, and holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of the Western Cape.He translated the first Venda language novel, A si Ene, written by his father E. S. Madima, into English, and is the author of several novels, poems, short stories and radio scripts, [1] as well as being the founder of the New African Writer's Association.
Venda (/ ˈ v ɛ n d ə / VEN-də) or Tswetla, officially the Republic of Venda (Venda: Riphabuliki ya Venḓa; Afrikaans: Republiek van Venda), was a Bantustan in northern South Africa. It was 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 ...
Venda was a territory in South Africa. Venda may also refer to: Venda people, an ethnic group of South Africa and Zimbabwe; Venda language, the language they speak; University of Venda, in South Africa; Venda Inc, a technology company; Monte Venda, a mountain in Italy; La venda, a 2019 song; Valeri F. Venda, Russian psychologist, engineer, and ...
The Venda of today are Vhangona, Takalani (Ungani), Masingo and others. Vhangona are the original inhabitants of Venda, they are also referred as Vhongwani wapo; while Masingo and others are originally from central Africa and the East African Rift, migrating across the Limpopo river during the Bantu expansion, Venda people originated from central and east Africa, just like the other South ...
E.S. Madima was a South African writer in the Venda language. [1] In 1954, Madima wrote the first novel in Venda, A Si Ene. It was later translated into English by his son, Tenda Madima. E.S. Madima was awarded the SALA Literary Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. [2]