1.0South Africa Journalhttps://southafricajournal.comsjadminhttps://southafricajournal.com/author/sjadmin-s/Fairy tale ending as nearly 3 000 overdue items returned to City libraries - South Africa Journalrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="o2oEfIP8Nz"><a href="https://southafricajournal.com/fairy-tale-ending-as-nearly-3-000-overdue-items-returned-to-city-libraries/">Fairy tale ending as nearly 3 000 overdue items returned to City libraries</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricajournal.com/fairy-tale-ending-as-nearly-3-000-overdue-items-returned-to-city-libraries/embed/#?secret=o2oEfIP8Nz" width="600" height="338" title="“Fairy tale ending as nearly 3 000 overdue items returned to City libraries” — South Africa Journal" data-secret="o2oEfIP8Nz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The City of Cape Town’s libraries welcomed back 2 798 outstanding books, magazines, DVDs and other material. Patrons took advantage of the fine free period, which coincided with South African Library Week (SALW) from 14 to 20 March to return items.‘Sou...