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“The firefighters were heroic, they were smashing away the wall between the two buildings, standing on the roof, doing their utmost to keep our building from the worst of the fire. We had to make fast calls. We had little time to scour the building and make decisions before the fire department entered and began the process of hosing it down.”  Sara de Beer describes the fire that almost burned down Cape Town’s A4 Arts Foundation in December 2020. The space housed irreplaceable work by artists from across southern Africa. But what do you do when your precious archive of art and books is...

Fire in our soul: When disaster strikes, protecting precious artefacts is a matter of design Devaksha Vallabhjee © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved “The firefighters were heroic, they were smashing away the wall between the two buildings, standing on the roof, doing their utmost to keep our building from the worst of the fire. We had to make fast calls. We had little time to scour the building and make decisions before the fire department entered and began the process of hosing it down.”  Sara de Beer describes the fire that almost burned down Cape Tow...

UCT said that most of the buildings on campus have been reopened following the devastating Cape Town fire in April.

Unesco visits UCT to survey Cape Town fire damage Share Cape Town - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) said it had started working with states parties to the world heritage convention, advisory bodies and other partners, to integrate a consideration for heritage in disaster risk reduction policies and programmes, and to strengthen preparedness for disaster risks at world heritage sites. This comes after Unesco's regional director, Professor Hurbert Gijzen, and the South African national commission for Unesco, Professor Ihron Rensburg, on Tuesday conducted a site...

UCT VC Phakeng says restoration process on fire-damaged buildings in full swing UCT Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng says with the academic programme back on track, the only students who have been disrupted are the biological sciences students, as they lost their experiments in the fire. Inside UCT's Jagger Reading Room that was gutted by a fire on 18 April 2021. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/Eyewitness News. 12 days ago CAPE TOWN - Restoration at the University of Cape Town remains in full swing following la...