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The UNESCO Regional Director for Southern Africa, Prof. Hubert Gijzen visits the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas and University of Cape Town (South Africa) on 11 May 2021 to assess the damage caused by the fires that broke out last month.The fires

JUDITH FEBRUARY: After UCT library fire, we must again look at SA’s painful past opinion When books burn, a part of us goes too. On Sunday, 18 April we saw raging fires cause devastation to the University of Cape Town and surrounding areas. Parts of UCT’s Jagger Library have burnt down, including its beautiful reading room. Manuscripts, theses and some of the Special Collection in the African Studies Library have been lost. This is a grievous loss but especially so for those of us whose alm...

African voices: Tech entrepreneur launches continents first audio library app 4 May 2021 8:22 PM Share This: Some African books have been published on other platforms but not with African voices says the BiB apps Arlene Mulder. Thousands of irreplaceable items from UCTs African Studies collection were lost during the recent Table Mountain wildfire. Tech entrepreneur Arlene Mulder is now bringing Africas first audio library to the market. The former investment banker is the co-founder of WeThink...

When books burn, a part of us goes too. On Sunday, 18 April we saw raging fires cause devastation to the University of Cape Town and surrounding areas. Parts of UCT’s Jagger library have burnt down, including its beautiful reading room. Manuscripts, theses and some of the Special Collection in the African Studies Library have been lost.  This is a grievous loss, but especially so for those of us whose alma mater UCT is. The campus, with its historic buildings, sweeping mountain views and ivy...

News We live in trying times. And it is becoming clear that they will not get easier very quickly. Every day seems to bring news that wears one down. In recent days we have been reflecting on the fires which damaged the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT). The latter has received enormous media attention, and has mobilised networks around the world to fund and assist in other ways the work of restoration. Given special focus has been the loss of archival materials in...

The employees of the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant and Tea Garden, which was gutted in last week’s wild fire, are bracing for the impact the destruction will have on their livelihood.

The devastating fire at the University of Cape Town on 18 April 2021 raises questions about the character and governance of South African universities. Are our universities collective projects, communities in which scholars, students and support staff work together? Or are they hierarchical businesses run by managers, of employees, for customers? The university’s response to the fire reminds us of the importance of community, the role of the university in society and the limits to manageriali...

We all deserve some answers - UCT prof warns against cover-up amid fire probes 29 April 2021 4:12 PM Share This: Professor Jeremy Seekings says the fire that destroyed UCT’s Jagger Library has exposed the failings of the universitys managerial governance. Prof Seekings, a professor of Political Studies and Sociology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has penned an opinion piece on Daily Maverick following the devastating blaze on upper campus. The professor says the UCT community deser...

Pick n Pay donates 8000 crates to help in salvaging UCT academic material By Kristin Engel by KRISTIN ENGEL Cape Town - Pick n Pay assisted UCT with a further 6 000 crates over the past weekend, to help salvage and restore the damaged academic resources from the historic Jagger Library during the recent Table Mountain National Park fires, bringing the total number of crates donated to 8 000. In the destroyed Jagger Reading Room, a unique collection of more than 83 000 items of African studies m...

Devils Peak arson suspect expected back in court today Its understood that Frederick Mhangazo Mhangazo may have been living on the slopes of the mountain after moving to South Africa several years ago. Firefighting teams dampen smouldering vegetation, finally getting a fierce forest fire under control on the foothills of Table Mountain in Cape Town on 19 April 2021. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP 7 minutes ago CA...