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.

hi siku ra 24 mudyaxihi 1921, mavuthu ya vusirheleri ya xikoloni lawa a ya hlomile hi swibalesa na switlhavana ya duvule vagandzeri, ya dlaya vanhu vo tlula 160 no vavisa vanhu vo lava ku fika 130. ku yayarheriwa ka vanhu swi humesele erivaleni tihanyi, ku nga ri ta vuthu ra maphorisa ra yuniyoni ya afrikadzonga ntsena, kambe na sisiteme ya xihla wuhlawu xa rixakanghohe leyi a yi ri na vutihlamuleri bya ku yi sirhelela.
