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The UNESCO Regional Director for Southern Africa, Prof. Hubert Gijzen visits the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas and University of Cape Town (South Africa) on 11 May 2021 to assess the damage caused by the fires that broke out last month.The fires
JUDITH FEBRUARY: After UCT library fire, we must again look at SA’s painful past opinion When books burn, a part of us goes too. On Sunday, 18 April we saw raging fires cause devastation to the University of Cape Town and surrounding areas. Parts of UCT’s Jagger Library have burnt down, including its beautiful reading room. Manuscripts, theses and some of the Special Collection in the African Studies Library have been lost. This is a grievous loss but especially so for those of us whose alma mater UCT is. The campus, with its historic buildings, sweeping mountain views and ivy-clad facade...
African voices: Tech entrepreneur launches continent's first audio library app 4 May 2021 8:22 PM Share This: Some African books have been published on other platforms but not with African voices says the BiB app's Arlene Mulder. Thousands of irreplaceable items from UCT's African Studies collection were lost during the recent Table Mountain wildfire. Tech entrepreneur Arlene Mulder is now bringing Africa's first audio library to the market. The former investment banker is the co-founder of WeThinkCode, which prides itself on developing "Africa's top digital talent". The aim of Mulder's new v...
When books burn, a part of us goes too. On Sunday, 18 April we saw raging fires cause devastation to the University of Cape Town and surrounding areas. Parts of UCT’s Jagger library have burnt down, including its beautiful reading room. Manuscripts, theses and some of the Special Collection in the African Studies Library have been lost. This is a grievous loss, but especially so for those of us whose alma mater UCT is. The campus, with its historic buildings, sweeping mountain views and ivy-clad facades also occupies a special place in the life of a city that is both beautiful and complex...
News We live in trying times. And it is becoming clear that they will not get easier very quickly. Every day seems to bring news that wears one down. In recent days we have been reflecting on the fires which damaged the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT). The latter has received enormous media attention, and has mobilised networks around the world to fund and assist in other ways the work of restoration. Given special focus has been the loss of archival materials in the university library’s African Studies collections. This challenge has had a strong resonance f...