The shocking images of the flames lighting up the windows of the Jagger Reading Room from the inside will be burnt into the minds of Capetonians for years to come. Widely shared on social media on ...

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 ...

UCT is moving ahead with plans to rebuild its historic Jagger Library, five years after a wildfire destroyed the landmark ...

Volunteers form human chains to carry documents, artefacts and books from the basement of the Jagger Library after most of the building was destroyed in a fire. Picture: Armand Hough/African News ...

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 ...

Of the losses caused by the recent Cape Town fire, the destruction of part of the University of Cape Town’s Jagger Reading Room and its historic documents and collections has been the most poignant.

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 ...