South Africans Torch Library Outside Johannesburg

Dateline JOHANNESBURG: Here’s an update from News 24 about the burning of the Balfour Library.

Protesters have torched a library in an impoverished area of South Africa in what began as a march to call for more jobs. The South African Press Association says Tuesday’s attack came on the third day of violent protests in Siyathemba, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Johannesburg. Story from AP.

This article from Spero News lends some detail to the situation in South Africa, where refugees and immigrants, particularly Ethiopians, are the object of attack by the local population.