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Last modified on Sun 18 Apr 2021 20.59 EDT A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain has spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of 4,000 students. Orange flames lit up the windows of the library, which houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. The reading room at the university’s historic Jagger library was “gutted” according to UCT Library executive director Ujala Satgoor, but the fire detection system was triggered, “preventing th...

Significant archives may have been lost in Cape Town’s fire. Why they matter so much By The Conversation Share A wildfire on the slopes of 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 Why is the African Studies Book Collection so significant? When news broke that the Jagger Library was burning, scholars across my social media feeds responded with a visceral sense of horror and loss. One colleag...

Descendant of Mostert’s Mill family devastated after blaze destroys landmark 19 April 2021 5:42 PM Share This: Andre Mostert (82) says he was christened at Mostert’s Mill where he would often visit his grandparents. The 82-year-old says his family is devastated by the news that the historic mill was gutted by the Table Mountain fires. He says he hopes that the mill will be able to rise from the ashes once again. It had recently been restored. Myself and my whole family are devastated. We never thought that anything like that would ever happen. Andre Mostert The millwright was brough...

International News Apr 19, 2021 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of students Sunday. Orange flames lit up the windows of the library that houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. At least two floors of Jagger Library burned, according to local news reports. Other campus buildings also caught fire, and a historic windmill nearby burned. Just off-campus on the slopes of Tab...

Documents and archival footage from across Africa feared lost in Cape fires 19 April 2021 - 12:45 By Bobby Jordan Inside the Jagger Library that was gutted at the University of Cape Town. The library contained a priceless African studies collection. Image: Anthony Molyneaux Archival specialists are on Monday expected to assess the damage to SA’s cultural heritage caused by the raging Table Mountain fire. It is unclear how many old books and documents were destroyed inside the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Jagger Library, which houses an African studies collect...