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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 materials that researchers have among their research collections. Atal, who is collecting the information on...

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 into fynbos fire ecology and management over the past four decades, we believe that rather than att...

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 brownish-red, students are reminded the academic year is well underway. If one does not seriously start...

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 range, a view I look forward to each morning. But, on Sunday I could not clearly see the sun, the mount...

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 Park/contract wildfire crews (NCC Wildfires), Working on Fire, Volunteer Wildfire Services and City ...