I want to share this excellent article about what was really lost when the University of Cape Town special collection archive was burnt down in 2019. Most of its unique film was lost, but so were many other records. It is a sorry story, caused by a lack of simple maintenance - a failure to clear dry pine needles from the guttering of the library.what-we-lost-in-the-jagger-library-fire (1)_231211_224452.pdf