The city has options to address the crisis and warn the public, said Kevin Winter of the University of Cape Town’s Environmental and Geographical Science Future Water Institute. “There’s an ...

South Africa — A wildfire that burned vast areas of Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain, historical landmarks and a university library that houses priceless collections of African antiquities ...

A restaurant was destroyed. The University of Cape Town's historic library was also badly damaged. About 250 firefighters have been battling the blaze, which has been fanned by strong winds.

Around 250 firefighters were mobilized. The University of Cape Town campus was one of the first sites to be hit on Sunday and appears to have suffered the most damage. Numerous buildings at the ...

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the University of Cape Town's Jagger Reading Room on April 18. Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP / Getty Images A wildfire that sparked on the slopes of South ...

In 2021, a huge wildfire burned across the slopes of Cape Town's world-famous Table Mountain for days, destroying nearly a dozen buildings, including some historic structures at the University of ...

Cutting down trees to save a city from drought might seem like an unlikely plan, but that is exactly what the South African city of Cape Town is doing, soon after it became the first global city ...