The first two weeks of December recorded 313 fires, compared with more than 600 last year

Park manager Frans van Rooyen says the organisation is making progress in rehabilitating the more than600 hectares of land affected by the blaze

The final report has long exceeded its initial two-week timeframe

Many people will be experiencing the destruction to the campus after the blaze for the first time, having previously seen only photos of the aftermath

Students, alumni and staff share their memories and thoughts after blaze leaves a path of devastation at the UCT and its Jagger Reading Room

But among the items destroyed were 3 000 films in the African Studies collection

Clean-up operations and repairs to infrastructure are being initiated, while the full extent of the damage wrought by the fire is still being assessed

Fresh firefighting teams are expected to take over from the crews that battled the blaze throughout Monday evening

Authorities confirmed the fire had been largely contained by early Monday afternoon, although reports suggest the fire had jumped the road near Tafelberg Drive

This separate fire was not an extension of the Rhodes Memorial fire, according to authorities

The Rhodes Memorial Fire is still not under control as strong winds fuel the blazes, which have spread to the residential area of Vredehoek