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Jagger Reading Room: the historical cost of Cape Town's fires


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On the morning of 18 April 2021, a fire started near Rhodes Memorial, Devil’s Peak in Table Mountain National Park. Driven by strong winds, it reached the University of Cape Town?s (UCT) Rondebosch campus. The building worst affected by the fire was the Jagger Reading Room, which was home to the significant African Studies Collection, which was started in 1953.
The full extent of the loss is not known. The images we’ve seen give us some idea of the devastation. The executive director of the UCT Libraries, Ujala Satgoor has confirmed that the reading room of the Jagger Library is “gutted” but luckily the fire detection system in place triggered the fire shutters which prevented the spread of the fire to other parts of the library.  ....

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Cultural tragedy: Fire destroys 'several local treasures' in Cape Town [pics]


As of Monday afternoon, the fire that has devastated Cape Town still remains ‘out of control‘. Thanks to the unbelievable efforts of firefighting teams across the city, no deaths or serious casualties have yet been reported – despite the huge scale of this inferno. However, a number of ‘cultural treasures’ have succumbed to the fast-spreading flames this week.
What cultural landmarks have been destroyed by the Cape Town fires?
The fire started on Sunday morning, around 8:45, close to Hospital Bend. It moved up towards Rhodes Memorial and then towards the University of Cape Town upper campus. A restaurant at the former, and the library at the latter, both went up in smoke. Meanwhile, the famous Mostert’s Mill on the M3 has also been burnt to a crisp. ....

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Watch: Priceless African collections lost in UCT library fire


Watch: Priceless African collections lost in UCT library fire
While some of the Jagger Library s valuable collections have been lost, a full assessment can only be done once the building has been declared safe.
The executive director of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) recently said in a statement that priceless African collections have been lost in a tragic fire that engulfed the university’s Jagger Library and parts of Cape Town over the weekend of 18 April.
Damage to UCT’s Library
According to the UCT website, the Special Collections library consists of printed and audiovisual materials on African studies and a wide array of other specialised subjects, as well as more than 1 300 sub-collections of unique manuscripts and personal papers. The collection of books and pamphlets exceeds 85 000 items on African studies alone. It is understood that some material has been captured digitally. ....

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Some of our valuable collections at Jagger Library have been lost in the fire, says UCT libraries head


THE director of the UCT libraries has said that the Reading Room of the Jagger Library has been completely gutted by Sunday’s fire. Picture: UCT Libraries/Facebook
Some of our valuable collections at Jagger Library have been lost in the fire, says UCT libraries head
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CAPE TOWN – The director of the UCT libraries has said that the Reading Room of the Jagger Library has been completely gutted by yesterday’s fire.
Executive Director of UCT Libraries, Ujala Satgoor, announced late last night that while some parts of the Jagger Library were gutted, the fire was stopped from spreading to other sections of the library. ....

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