Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Venda, also known as Tshiven a, or Luven a, is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa, but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe. During the Apartheid era of South Africa, the bantustan of Venda was set up to cover the Venda speakers of South Africa. Venda belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages.