UCT Libraries marked a significant milestone on 2 December 2025 with the official launch of the Journal of Academic Library ...

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 ...

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 ...

DURBAN - AS UCT comes to terms with the destruction to property allegedly caused by a vagrant and runaway fires that began on Sunday morning, the loss of rare books and manuscripts has left many South ...

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 ...

Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa has joined scores questioning those celebrating the burning of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Jagger Library. The library was gutted by a raging fire in ...

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, ...

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 ...

“I think it’s the worst nightmare for any library director to see a library go up in flames,” said Ujala Satgoor, the executive director of UCT Libraries. Satgoor witnessed the inferno first-hand and ...

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 ...

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 ...