Flames of neglect: Jagger Library ruins a stark reminder of what UCT has lost
The Jagger Library grabbed public attention when it was destroyed by fire, but the fate of all SA’s public libraries hangs is in the balance, writes Claire Keeton
16 May 2021 - 00:00
"When German conservator Tina Loëhr lifts a crate of artefacts rescued from last month’s inferno at the University of Cape Town onto one of about a dozen tables in a tent erected below the blackened library, the flowers tattooed on her arms catch a ray of light", recalls Claire Keeton.
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