What the records say
- When
- 24 May 1921
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 163
- Coordinates
- 31.00° S, 22.00° E
- Description
- 1921 Event in South Africa
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bulhoek massacre
1921 massacre in South Africa
In the Bulhoek massacre, a solely white police force in the Union of South Africa killed 163 Xhosa civilians. The massacre occurred on 24 May 1921, in the village of Ntabelanga in the Cape Province. After a dispute over land in Ntabelanga, dating back to 1920, an 800-strong police force from the Union of South Africa led by Colonel Johan Davey and General Koos van der Venter gathered at Ingxingwa Ye Nkunzini, in the…
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