UCT Libraries

Explore our newspaper databases for digitised archives of international and African newspapers and more.

Newspaper holdings are rich and varied, including nearly-complete runs of the Cape Argus and the Cape Times from the 19th century, as well as many community newspapers and press clippings.

The library contains many early botanical works, including the writings of early 17th-century travellers who visited southern Africa and explored its flora. It serves academics and students from Biological Sciences and Bolus Herbarium.

From referencing, and searching skills to finding databases, our subject experts are a click away.