July's People tells a true story?

Written before the end of apartheid, July’s People is a projection of the overthrow of the regime of official segregation that defined South Africa during Gordimer’s life at the time. The violence that engulfs the country in the novel at once feels like a warning to the white oppressors of Gordimer’s audience. With the widespread killing of all white people, the novel also presents a critical challenge to the fantasy of violent revolution.