Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Israelites of Bulhoek
Followers of the prophet Enoch Mgijima, who had visions of the end times, gathered at Ntabelanga to await the Last Days; on 24 May 1921 police opened fire, killing about 163.
1921 CE · -32.05, 26.80 · status: account
The account
Mgijima had seen visions of baboons and a coming judgement. His Israelites refused to leave the land they occupied to keep the Passover. The massacre became one of the Union of South Africa's worst acts of state violence.