Last modified: 2005-08-26 by bruce berry
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Venda was located in the northeastern of
the former Transvaal (today's
Limpopo
Province), with a main part and one main enclave, not very compactly
shaped. It bordered on the northern part of Gazankulu.
Antonio Martins - 30 May 1999
Venda means "world" or "land" and as such refers to the traditional
home of the BaVenda tribe. Venda was granted internal self-government on
1 February 1973 and achieved full "independence" from South Africa on 13
September 1979.
Bruce Berry, 1 December 1998
A description of this flag, with amended wording, was subsequently incorporated
into Schedule 3 of the Republic of Venda Constitution Act of 1979
and read as follows:
"Description of the National Flag of the Republic of Venda
Three horizontal stripes of equal width from top to bottom green, yellow
and brown and towards the pole a vertical blue stripe equal in width to
a horizontal stripe on which there shall appear, in the centre of the yellow
stripes the letter V in brown. The width shall be equal to two-thirds of
the length. The length of the letter V shall be five-sevenths of the width
of a stripe and the width of the letter V shall be five-sevenths of the
width of a stripe".
The colours of the flag of Venda are those used in traditional BaVenda
beadwork. The design of the flag is reminiscent of that of the former Transvaal
Republic, with three horizontal stripes and a hoist panel.
This design was also used briefly in the flag of neighbouring
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