Vavhenda (Chivhenda: Vhavenda) Wavhenda kana Vangona vanhu vanotaura Chivhenda uye vanowanikwa kuChamhembe che Afurika, kunyanya kuChamhembe Afurika ne kuZimbabwe.
Nhoroondo ye Vavhenda inotangira kubva kuhumambo hwe Mapungubwe (zanagore rechi-9) uko Mambo Shiriyadenga aive mambo wekutanga weVhenda neMapungubwe[1]. Humambo hwe Mapungubwe hwakatambanuka kubva kuSoutpansberg kumaodzanyemba, kuyambuka Rwizi Rimupopo kusvika kuMatombo kuchamhembe. Humambo hwakaramba kubva muna 1240, uye simba rakaenda kuchamhembe kuUmambo we Zimbabwe. Kugara kwekutanga kweVavhenda muSoutpansberg kwaive kwemukuru ane mukurumbira Thoho-ya-Ndou (Sororezhou). Danga rake ramambo raidaidzwa kuti D'zata, zvisaririra zveizvi zvakaziviswa National Monument. Muunganidzwa waMapungubwe muunganidzwa wemyuziyamu inowanikwa panzvimbo yezvinocherwa mumatongo uye unochengeterwa muMyuziyamu ye Mapungubwe muPretoriya. Vavhenda vanogovana dzinza ne Valobedu ne Vakalanga, pamusoro pezvo vane hukama nemapoka eSotho-Tswana uye Vashona