Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Congo yakava yakazvimirira muna June 1960, uye mwedzi wakatevera dunhu reKatanga rakazvitsaura kunyika yacho. Sezvo Congo yakanyura mu
nhengo dzedzinza reLuba dzakatanga kurwiswa zvine chisimba. Mukuvamba kwaAugust, wezvematongerwe enyika weMuluba Albert Kalonji akazivisa kupatsanuka kweSouth Kasai, dunhu riri kuchamhembe kweKatanga, nechinangwa chekugadzira nyika inotongwa neBaluba. Hurumende yepakati yeCongo, inotungamirirwa naMutungamiriri weHurumende Patrice Lumumba, yakatsunga kupedza kuparadzana nesimba. Sezvo South Kasai yakadzora njanji dzakakosha pakurwisa Katanga, mauto eCongo akasarudza kunanga South Kasai kutanga. Lumumba akarayira kuti hondo yacho itange, kunyange zvazvo paine kusawirirana pamusoro pokuti ndiani akaironga uye akaitungamirira. Musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu mauto eArmée Nationale Congolaise (ANC) akatanga kuenda kuSouth Kasai. Vakapinda mumuganhu zuva rakatevera, vakatarisana nekurwisa kushoma chete kubva kuuto rakashata reSouth Kasain nemapurisa - avo vakakurumidza kudzokera shure - uye mauto emuno eBaluba. Kalonji akatizira kuKatanga, uye ANC yakatora Bakwanga, guta guru rekuzvimiririra, musi wa 26 Nyamavhuvhu. Boka reANC rakabva rapesana nevagari vomunharaunda yeBaluba. Mapato ose ari maviri akaita utsinye, neANC ichiuraya vanhu vakawanda, zvichiita kuti vanhuwo zvavo vanenge 3 000 vaurayiwe. MuKatanga, Kalonji akaronga uto idzva kuti atorezve South Kasai. Kurwisa kwavo kwakamiswa neANC, kunyange hazvo mauto eKasaian nemauto eKatangese akabudirira kudzikisira kupinda kweANC muKatanga.