The city still needs to ensure the building is fire compliant before it can open its doors to the public
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The overall cost to repair the building is R54 million, but there is a shortfall of about R30 million based on the approved budget from the city. The escalators to the third and last floor were blocked and the group had to use a side stairway with a marble finish and curved steel rails to get closer to the damage.
Across the corridor on the third floor is the Harold Strange Library of African Studies, which houses thousands of books on Africa’s history, people, places and heritage. that the building used to be fire compliant but now a “fire curtain” was needed in front of the glass door to isolate it from the rest of the building in the event of a fire.
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