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

There are many rare and valuable books in the various subject-focused sub-collections in Special Collections.

Our published collections include African studies books, films, maps, newspapers, government publications, rare and Antiquarian books, and pamphlets.

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.

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

Special Collections is the preservation library and archive of UCT Libraries, with an array of rare holdings in a range of formats.