National Party of Venda

The National Party of Venda was a political party in the Bantustan Republic of Venda which was founded around 1973.[3] Whilst the opposition Venda Independence People's Party (VIPP) won the majority of seats for almost every election, leader Patrick Mphephu used a variety of means to assert control, including courting the appointed chiefs that constituted a majority of the parliament in 1973, and using emergency powers to detain VIPP legislators until he was appointed prime minister in 1978, so the party effectively ran Venda as a One-Party state.[4] Mphephu became president in 1979 after Venda's notional independence.He died in 1988 and was replaced by Frank Ravele.Ravele and the National Party of Venda were overthrown in the 1990 Venda coup d'état.
LeaderPatrick MphephuFrank RaveleIdeologyNationalismAuthoritarianismNational Party (South Africa)BantustanRepublic of VendaOne-Party state1990 Venda coup d'état