University still assessing destruction after devastating fire
University still assessing destruction after devastating fire Volumes of African literature, including archives of the liberation struggle history and the mid-19th century Cape San people, hosted at the iconic African Studies Library, as well as several historical buildings have been destroyed by raging fires which engulfed the University of Cape Town (UCT) and parts of Table Mountain in the Western Cape province of South Africa. About 4,000 students were evacuated from residences on 18 April and placed at temporary accommodation sites across the city as the fire, which is believed to have st...