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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 managerialism. Anyone who has written or read the acknowledgements in scholarly publications knows that scholar...
'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 UCTâs Jagger Library has exposed the failings of the university's 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 deserves honest answers from the university's management about what went wrong. Prof Seekings is calli...
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 material and other specialised subjects were housed, as well as 1 300 sub-collections of unique manus...
Devil's Peak arson suspect expected back in court today It's 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 CAPE TOWN - A man accused of starting a fire on the slopes of Devil's Peak is back in the dock on We...