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Wildfire tears down South Africa's iconic Table Mountain, guts historic University of Cape Town library April 20, 2021 / 9:21 AM / AP Cape Town, South Africa — Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city came to terms with the damage caused by what officials have described as one of the area's worst blazes in years. About 90% of the fire had been contained, the Table Mountain National Park authority said, but only after firefighters worked through the night.   Those firefighters faced "extreme circum...

Scholars grieve loss of priceless antiquities in Cape Town fire AFP 6 hrs ago AFP © RODGER BOSCH Academics and alumni lament the loss of priceless collections of African antiquites in the Cape Town fire that engulfed a university library It was no ordinary library. The University of Cape Town's Jagger Reading Room, destroyed by a runaway fire this week, was a beacon of African history and intellect. The African studies section of the 1930s library was engulfed by flames on Sunday when a fire sparked on the foothills of the city's iconic Table Mountain spread to the nearby...

20 April 2021 - 14:16 Firefighters battled to extinguish the runaway fire that engulfed Rhodes Memorial and destroyed a library at the University of Cape Town. Image: Ruvan Boshoff A man accused of starting a fire, potentially contributing to the spread of this week’s Table Mountain wildfire, appeared briefly in the Cape Town regional court on Tuesday morning. Frederick Mhangazo, a Tanzanian national, was charged with arson. His case was postponed until next week. Mhangazo was taken into custody on Sunday night. Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smi...

Firefighters trying to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town. (Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images) A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has wreaked havoc at the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus. Among the sites of historical significance that have been damaged is the Jagger Library. The library houses rare and specialist collections, such as the important African Studies collections. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked UCT academic Shannon Morreira to share her insights on what the loss means for t...

Updated: 20/04/2021 Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain on Tuesday, as the city came to terms with what officials have described as one of the area's worst blazes in years. The University of Cape Town campus was one of the first sites to be hit on Sunday and appears to have suffered the most damage. Numerous buildings at the university burned, including part of the near 100-year-old Jagger Library, which contained rare books and manuscripts on African studies. Other historic buildings nearby, including a 225-year-old...