Vhembe is one of the 5
districts of
Limpopo province of
South Africa. It is the northernmost district of the country and shares its northern border with Beitbridge district in
Matabeleland South,
Zimbabwe. Vhembe consist of all terrotories that were part of the former
Venda Bantustan, however, two large densely populated districts of the former
Tsonga homeland of
Gazankulu, in particular,
Hlanganani and
Malamulele were also incorporated into Vhembe, hence the ethnic diversity of the District. The seat of Vhembe is
Thohoyandou, the former Capital of the former Venda Bantustan. According to 2001
census, 800 000 of Vhembe residents speak
Venda as their mother language, while 400 000 speak
Tsonga and 27 000 speak
Northern Sotho. The district code is DC34.