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Man accused of starting one of Table Mountain fires granted bail Share Cape Town - The man alleged to have started one of the mountain fires in Cape Town, which firefighters battled for more than three days, was granted bail in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The charge against Frederick Mhangazo, 35, was changed from arson to lighting or causing an open fire without proper authority. If convicted, Mhangazo could be imprisoned for five years or be fined for his actions, or both...

The executive director of UCT Libraries, Ujala Satgoor, said volunteers were still needed to help salvage and remove works in the Jagger Library in the wake of the recent fire that swept across Table Mountain. The University of Cape Town’s Jagger Reading Room was left in ruins after a wildfire destroyed the facility. (Photo: Gallo Images / Die Burger / Jaco Marais) “Volunteers are needed to help move vulnerable materials to a safer location. They can use this link to register and get more i...

A total of 8 000 crates have been donated to UCT by Pick n Pay to assist in the salvaging and storing of academic material damaged at the African Studies Library.

Pick n Pay donates 8 000 crates to help save UCT library after fire By BR Reporter Share IN AN effort to help UCT salvage and restore valuable material that was housed in the Jagger Library, retailer Pick n Pay has donated 8 000 crates. The library was damaged during the Table Mountain National Park fires. According to the retailer, the first 2 000 crates, supplied by CHEP, were delivered by Pick n Pay on Friday morning. The company said it had also sourced an additional 6 000 crates. CHEP is ...

26 April 2021 - 05:30 Minister Barbara Creecy thanked and applauded firefighters for their bravery, discipline and training during the raging fires in Cape Town. Image: Working on Fire/Twitter Minister of forestry, fisheries, and environment Barbara Creecy has thanked firefighters for their bravery during the Cape Town fires which have now been contained.  Creecy visited the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) over the weekend to determine the extent of damage caused by l...

Returning UCT students face up to knock-on effect of fire on campus life The fire led to thousands of students being evacuated from their residences. Charred trees and debris litter UCTs upper campus in the immediate aftermath of the wildfire that damaged some university property. Picture: Lizell Persens/Eyewitness News 3 hours ago CAPE TOWN - As many students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) head back...

#JaggerLibrarySalvage: Huge efforts to salvage UCT library material By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - As part of the #JaggerLibrarySalvage project, UCT and volunteers across the city, including high school learners, spent the weekend trying to retrieve valuable academic resources from the library’s basement. Camps Bay High School spokesperson Carol van der Spuy said three of their matric learners, Cathrine Madzatunya, Alev Guven and Rulida Louw, spent the first day of their school holida...

The Daily Vox On the morning of 18 April 2021, a fire started near Rhodes Memorial, Devil’s Peak in Table Mountain National Park. Driven by strong winds, it reached the University of Cape Town?s (UCT) Rondebosch campus. The building worst affected by the fire was the Jagger Reading Room, which was home to the significant African Studies Collection, which was started in 1953. The full extent of the loss is not known. The images we’ve seen give us some idea of the devastation. ...

LETTER: Gift of the Givers deserves their praise By Opinion Share The response to the recent mountain fires that led to UCT’s Sport Centre, Smuts and Fuller Halls, and the Jagger Library being gutted raises a couple of questions. Why did the government, either the Western Cape or the national government fail to come to the rescue of the 4 000 UCT students that were left “homeless” by the fire? Why was it left to the disaster response and non-governmental organisation, Gift of th...

Sunday 25 April 2021 - 2:40pm Three UCT campus buildings caught fire, including the main library. eNCA/Lindsay Dentlinger JOHANNESBURG - The University of Cape Town is looking for more volunteers to assist with the emergency salvage operation at the Jagger Library. It has been exactly a week since wildfires destroyed several historical buildings on UCT’s upper campus on the 18 April. Many volunteers came out to help with the cleanup operation on Sunday. Currentl...