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2 hours ago CAPE TOWN – Exactly one week since the inferno raged through its premises, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has appealed for more financial aid in the wake of the fire thats caused devastation to several buildings at the campus. The fire, that began on the slopes of Table Mountain last Sunday, gutted the Jagger Reading Room, two student residences, and other buildings. Donations in money and kind have poured in, in the wake of the disaster. The university’s Elijah Moholola h...

Cape Town Fires: Minister Creecy to assess damage ‘Map a way forward’ The department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment explained that Minister Creecy will “get a glimpse of the impact the fire has had on the communities around the national park.” She will also engage the authorities and the firefighters, in order to map a way forward. Minister Creecy was joined by DFFE Spokesperson Albi Modise, who confirmed on Saturday that the “minister has just taken off to the sky [from t...

Creecy says dept will review disaster management following Table Mountain fire The minister visited the Western Cape, on Saturday, to assess the damage following the blaze at the national park that destroyed acres of vegetation and damaged a number of structures including the devastating fire on the side of Table Mountain this week. Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Creecy at the Newlands Fire Base t...

UCT students return to campus after devastating fires UCT students have started returning to campus after fires that destroyed buildings earlier this week. Image: University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) has slowly started welcoming students back to campus, after the recent fires which affected the institution and surrounding areas.   The universitys Jagger Library was gutted by a raging fire in the city on Sunday morning.  The library housed a pricele...

Jonathan Jansen asks: 'Where was this heartfelt lament when UCT students set 23 works of fine art on fire in the middle of the campus?'

UCT scrambles to recover valuable material lost in library fire By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - The UCT community, including the alumni, have urged researchers around the world who have photocopies or images of documents destroyed in the Jagger Library fire to contribute those to help recover some of the lost records. Dr Maha Rafi Atal, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg, Denmark, took an initiative to establish a registry of copies of material...

The fires that started on 18 April 2021 on the slopes of Table Mountain in South Africa destroyed several buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town. These included the Jagger Library, as well as the restaurant at Rhodes Memorial, the historic Mostert’s Mill, and several residential houses. This was a tragic event that will affect many people for a long time. Many questions have been raised as to why this happened, and whether anyone should carry the blame. Based on our research...

Rhodes Memorial Fire: a week of devastation, loss and heartache 22 Apr 2021 Up in smoke: Thousands of unique items in the University of Cape Town’s world-renowned Jagger Library collections were destroyed by the fire that ravaged several buildings on the campus this week. Some of printed items were digitised, but the extent of the loss is not yet quantified. When autumn paints the ivy-lined buildings a deep green colour on the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus into a reddish-orange or bro...

The things we lost in the fire By Paballo Chauke The fight for equality is valid but the burning down of our universities is not the revolution or decolonisation any of us should want By Derek Davey After a year of immense change, the divide between the haves and the have nots remains frustratingly the same By Paballo Chauke on 21 April 2021 I woke up at about 9am on Sunday with the piercing sun forcing its way through my filmy curtains. I got up to open my windows facing the Table Mountain ran...

Rodger Bosch Cape Town firefighters will keep a close eye on any possible flare-ups over the next few days. Eleven structures were damaged or destroyed. Nine civilians were taken to hospital and six firefighters sustained injuries. A devastating veldfire on the slopes of Table Mountain has destroyed 650 hectares – and firefighters will be on standby throughout the night to prevent any flare-ups. SANParks fire chief, Philip Prins, said: "More than 150 firefighters from Table Mountain National ...