Cape Town - As part of the #JaggerLibrarySalvage project, UCT and volunteers across the city, including high school learners, spent the weekend trying to retrieve valuable academic resources from the ...

UCT's Ujala Satgoor: I think it’s the worst nightmare for any director to see a library go up in flames Just two years into her tenure, the executive director of UCT Libraries, Ujala Satgoor, faces ...

The University of Cape Town's Jagger Library, gutted by a fire that started on 18 April 2021, is being "reimagined", but the funds necessary to rebuild the library, in whatever form that may be, have ...

Cape Town - They came from far and wide to assist in a project that will salvage an important part of South African and African history so nearly destroyed by a devastating fire. Since the fire on the ...

Cape Town – Three University of Cape Town (UCT) students tried to shut down the library and some faculty buildings on Tuesday. University spokesperson Elijah Moholola confirmed that the library was ...

A message posted on the UCT Libraries' Facebook page from Ujala Satgoor, Executive Director of Libraries, said: "At this stage, we can confirm the Reading Room is completely gutted and thankfully the ...

As the fire which erupted near Rhodes Memorial ravaged parts of UCT’s upper campus, including the Jagger Library, students were evacuated to hotels around Cape Town. UCT suspended the academic ...

Pendant lights, arched windows, carved legs of wooden tables: the Jagger Reading Room in UCT’s African Studies Library was more than just a place — it was a spiritual home to many. Now it is nothing ...