The University of Cape Town’s Jagger Library, which housed thousands of theses, artworks, and precious documents, has been gutted. Picture: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp
The fire had yet to be properly contained by last night. Anton Bredell, the MEC for local government, environmental affairs and development planning in the Western Cape, said the South African National Defence Force was activated yesterday. “The university has put emergency measures in place to respond to the fire on the Rondebosch campus on Sunday,” Moholola said.
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