Is South Africa heading towards a revolution?

I have been tracking news articles regarding the current unrest in South Africa with all the strikes and killings, and to be honest I am really concerned and afraid for the future of my home country. Yes I am not currently in South Africa to experience it all first hand (and yes I know that the news here in the US is probably not entirely objective but I've being reading news24 too) but from what I've heard and read from afar, the future of South Africa does not look good. Is South Africa heading towards a revolution?

I have been fortunate to audit a Harvard class as a spouse this Fall. The course is on government and politics in china. The history is very interesting. This is where my grandparents came from, so very honored to be able to attend these lectures. I am learning about the 1911 Revolution, which marked the end of imperialism (after 2000 years) and the establishment of the Republic of China. The Nationalists then ruled for a period but with much uprising and rebellion. Learning about the unrest in China and hearing all the stories currently in South Africa makes me afraid. Is my home country on the brink of a revolution?

A revolution according to Karl Marx happens when it is inevitable since the masses are unhappy. In China, under Nationlism, the peasants were suppressed and extremely unhappy. Government did not worry about the masses of poor people only the elite. This led to the end of Nationalism and ultimately the birth of Communism in 1949.

Now in South Africa, the miners are striking, it started with the Lonmin strikers demanding a salary of R12k pm. 34 people were killed in these strikes in August. Now AngloPlat and Goldfields miners are on strike, AngloPlat miners demanding R16k pm and Malema trying to turn the soldiers against government. This seems like just the beginning of the unrest in SA. With inflation rising, petrol prices increasing and the increasing gap between rich and poor these angry people are only going to get more angry. The mining companies cannot afford to give the workers all 300% raise, and even if they do it will have a domino effect in the entire mining industry.

The fact that the miners are even willing to go on strike without pay at the risk of jeopardising their job shows the desperation of these miners. I admit that a salary of R4k pm is too little, definately not worth it since you risk your life working in mines
BUT is it necessary to use violence and force...
I really do hope that this will be resolved, government needs to take control of the situation and the mining companies need to take responsibility for their employees - if mining companies didn't exploit workers in the first place, this wouldn't have happened. South Africa has come such a long way, it is such a beautiful country, with such wonderful people we must not let chaos reside.