Vavhenda (Chivhenda: Vhavenda) kana Vangona vanhu vanotuari Chivhenda uye vanowanikwa kuChamhembe cheAfurika, kunyanya kuChamhembe Afurika ne kuZimbabwe. Nhoroondo yeVavhenda inotangira kubva kuhumambo hweMapungubwe (9th Century) uko Mambo Shiriyadenga aive mambo wekutanga weVhenda neMapungubwe. Humambo hwe Mapungubwe hwakatambanuka kubva kuSoutpansberg kumaodzanyemba, kuyambuka Rwizi rweLimpopo kusvika kuMatopos kuchamhembe. Humambo hwakaramba kubva muna 1240, uye simba rakaenda kuchamhembe kuHumambo Hukuru hweZimbabwe. 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 wemuseum unowanikwa panzvimbo yezvinocherwa mumatongo uye unochengeterwa muMyuziyamu yeMapungubwe muPretoria. Vhenda vanhu vanogovana dzinza nevanhu veLobedu nevanhu veKalanga. Ivo zvakare vane hukama nemapoka eSotho-Tswana uye Mashona. Hameno kuti zita rechiVhenda rakabva kupi. Imwe shanduro inoti Vasenzi paakagara munyika ye Vangona vakadanana nemamiriro ekunze uye nharaunda ndokudaidza nzvimbo iyi kuti Vhenda zvichireva kuti pakanaka nzvimbo. Imwe vhezheni inoti vaVangona vaireva dzinza rose reKaranga-Rozvi rakagara munyika yavo kuti Vhavannda (outsiders). Izvi zvakazoshatiswa kuVavhenda, uye nzvimbo yavaigara yakanzi Vhenda.