A fire in the Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town on April 18, 2021. RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images When it comes to apocalyptic imagery, it doesn’t get much more dire than pictures ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

According to Kevin Winter, an urban water management expert at the University of Cape Town, the city has seen its winter rains come later and later in the year over the past decade. While in the ...

Only days earlier, she had received news that one of the most famous and precious libraries on the African continent was on fire: the Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town. The moment she ...