on 24 may 1921, colonial security forces armed with machine guns and artillery opened fire on worshippers, killing more than 160 people and wounding nearly 130. the massacre laid bare the brutality not only of the police force of the union of south africa, but also the racist system that it was charged to uphold.

ka la 24 mopitlo 1921, mašole a mmušo wa bokolo neale ao a bego a itlhamile ka dithunya tša metšhene le tša go thetha ka maotwana, a ile a thuntšha barapedi gomme ba bolaya batho ba palo ya go feta 160 le go gobatša ba palo yeo e nyakilego go fihla go 130. polao ye ya batho ka bontši e tšwelediše pepeneneng sehlogo, e sego fela sa sepho disa sa mmušo wa kopano ya afrika borwa, eupša le sa tshepetšo ya kgethollo ya mmala wa letlalo, yeo sepho disa se bego se laetšwe go e tšhireletša.
