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DStv and UCT rewrite history with ashes and remnants of the burnt library

DStv and UCT Rewrite History With Ashes And Remnants Of The Burnt Library

18 April 2021 was one of the saddest days in the history of the University of Cape Town. The world watched as the Table Mountain runaway fire destroyed

Salvage of fire-damaged Special Collections at Jagger Library continues two years after UCT blaze

The doors of the Jagger Library were opened to the public last night (Tuesday 18 April) – exactly two years after the devastating fire that tore through there on 18 April 2021.

UCT think tank brainstorms a new future for Jagger libr...

A future beyond the reconstruction of UCT's Jagger Reading Room is being conceptualised by the Reimagining Jagger Library Project.

DM's report on 'capture' at UCT is mischievous, unethic...

Readers should not take on board the hearsay from supposed anonymous sources at UCT and Daily Maverick should engage more with the university.

Dark days: Accusations of capture and governance instab...

South Africa’s top university has lost almost half its senior leadership team over the past four years. The body supposed to act as watchdog for the institution, the UCT Council, is described as increasingly toxic, with accusations of racism and claims of cover-ups. Now matters look to be comin...

1 year later, UCT still rebuilding library after fire

The fire spread from the vicinity of Philip Kgosana Drive to Rhodes Memorial and moved towards UCT.

Another fire: UCT campus rocked by second blaze in nearly a year

The University of Cape Town's vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, says the fire was reported on Wednesday evening

UCT reports no damage caused in latest fire

Best wishes for a healthy and restful year-end break

Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community with best wishes for a healthy and restful year-end break.