Priceless collections lost as fire destroys UCT Library and the only working windmill in the country
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Cape Town - The Cape Town Heritage Trust said it was devastated when it got word of the fire that has engulfed Table Mountain since Sunday morning.
In a statement released on Monday, the Trust said it learnt that the fire had destroyed a large part of the cultural landscape of the Rhodes Estate, the historic Tea Room next to the Rhodes Memorial, several buildings on the main campus at the University of Cape Town â including the Jagger Library, which had an internationally significant collection of historic archival documents and books â as well as the Fuller Hall residence.