op 24 mei 1921 het kolo niale veiligheidsmagte, ge wapen met masjiengewere en artillerie, op aanbidders losgebrand.

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.
