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UCT: Most buildings damaged by fire will be repaired by end of July Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande visited the campus on Friday, where he promised that the university would get assistance with rebuilding following a devastating fire. Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande with UCT Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng during the minister's visit to the university on 14 May 2021, to inspect the damage to some building in a wildfire earlier in the year. Picure: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News 7 min...

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 alma mater UCT is. The campus, with its historic buildings, sweeping mountain views and ivy-clad facade...

Mixed feelings for UCT students as academic programme resumes after fire The fire saw several academic buildings ablaze, after it had spread from Rhodes Memorial to the campus last Sunday. A City of Cape Town fire engine on UCT's upper campus on 19 April 2021 following a blaze the day before. Picture: Lizell Persens/Eyewitness News 5 hours ago CAPE TOWN - The University of Cape Town (UCT)'s academic programme resumes on Monday after last week's devastating fire and some students said that they had mixed fe...

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 UCT's 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 to lectures on Monday, some of them are still coming to terms with what happened last week. A wil...

Library losses will be deeply felt across our communities - UCT The team at UCT Libraries has confirmed that the archival and published print collections kept within the Reading Room were consumed by the flames. Inside UCT's Jagger Reading Room that was gutted by a fire on 18 April 2021. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/Eyewitness News. 3 hours ago CAPE TOWN - The University of Cape Town (UCT) is feeling the devastation of the loss of significant institutional assets which were lost in a wildfire. The wildfire tha...