VENDA

VENDA / VENḒA.

Lakes and Waterfalls.
Phiphiḓi Waterfall.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 06.05.1981.
Face value: 20 South African cents.
Design: A. H. Barrett.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,005,000 copies.
Size: 40.5 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 44.
- Scott No. 46.
- StampWorld No. 44.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 44.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 44.

Venda (Venda language: Venḓa) was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, 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 Bantustan, Gazankulu. Venda was founded as a homeland by the South African government for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language. The State was declared self-governing on February 1, 1973, and its nominal independence, as a Republic, was proclaimed on September 13, 1979. The United Nations and international community refused to recognize Venda (or any other Bantustan) as an independent state. Its capital, formerly at Sibasa, was moved to Thohoyandou. Its area was 7,410 km² (2,860 sq mi) with a population (in 1980) of 315,545. The Republic of Venda was dissolved on April 27, 1994, and its territory was reintegrated into South Africa as part of the Limpopo province.

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Thanks to Daniel Mathieu for his contribution (http://lettresdumonde.blogspot.com/)