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Wildfire tears down South Africas iconic Table Mountain, guts historic University of Cape Town library April 20, 2021 / 9:21 AM / AP Cape Town, South Africa — Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Towns Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city came to terms with the damage caused by what officials have described as one of the areas worst blazes in years. About 90% of the fire had been contained, the Table Mountain National Park authority said, bu...

Scholars grieve loss of priceless antiquities in Cape Town fire AFP 6 hrs ago AFP © RODGER BOSCH Academics and alumni lament the loss of priceless collections of African antiquites in the Cape Town fire that engulfed a university library It was no ordinary library. The University of Cape Towns Jagger Reading Room, destroyed by a runaway fire this week, was a beacon of African history and intellect. The African studies section of the 1930s library was engulfed by flames on S...

20 April 2021 - 14:16 Firefighters battled to extinguish the runaway fire that engulfed Rhodes Memorial and destroyed a library at the University of Cape Town. Image: Ruvan Boshoff A man accused of starting a fire, potentially contributing to the spread of this week’s Table Mountain wildfire, appeared briefly in the Cape Town regional court on Tuesday morning. Frederick Mhangazo, a Tanzanian national, was charged with arson. His case was postponed until next week. Mhan...

Firefighters trying to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town. (Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images) A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has wreaked havoc at the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus. Among the sites of historical significance that have been damaged is the Jagger Library. The library houses rare and specialist collections, such as the important African Studies collections. The Conversation Africa’s Nont...

Updated: 20/04/2021 Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Towns Table Mountain on Tuesday, as the city came to terms with what officials have described as one of the areas worst blazes in years. The University of Cape Town campus was one of the first sites to be hit on Sunday and appears to have suffered the most damage. Numerous buildings at the university burned, including part of the near 100-year-old Jagger Library, which contained rare b...

City officials were alerted about the fire before 9am on Sunday. “About 8.45am the city’s fire and rescue service was alerted to a vegetation fire above Philip Kgosana Drive. Fire crews were immediately dispatched to the scene with the fire spreading from Rhodes Memorial towards the University of Cape Town (UCT),” said Cape Town fire and rescue spokesperson Jermaine Carelse. On Monday afternoon asthma sufferers were urged to stay indoors or leave the fire zone as the fire continued to wo...

Significant archives are under threat in Cape Towns fire. Why they matter so much Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has wreaked havoc at the U...

Inferno on Cape Town’s Table Mountain Rages Out of Control By Paul Vecchiatto and Mike Cohen | April 20, 2021 More than 250 firefighters in Cape Town battled a massive blaze that broke out on the slopes of the city’s Table Mountain on Sunday and spread to a university campus, severely damaging at least three buildings and forcing student residences to be evacuated. Efforts to extinguish the flames were hampered by howling winds, with helicopters that are ...

The Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town. Photo: Ian Barbour/Flickr. April 19, 2021 at 1:40pm A tremendous wildfire that began burning on South Africa’s Table Mountain yesterday morning caused severe damage to a library housing a major anti-apartheid archive and one of the world’s largest collections of African films. The reading room of the Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town (UCT), home to the university’s special collections, was described as ...

Thousands of African Artifacts Tragically Lost In Wildfire at University of Cape Town More than 200 firefighters and emergency personnel have largely contained the blaze. The fire– which had been raging on Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, South Africa since Sunday morning– is “largely contained,” albeit at the cost of priceless African antiquities. Firefighters struggled to contain a fire that gutted historical landmarks, including the University of Cape Town’s library and the oldest work...