Port Alfred's new 8.5 metre rescue boat, Lotto Challenger, passed the final test today in Cape Town. The Bollard test, measuring her ability to withstand the rigors of towing, was over in minutes and she passed with flying colours.Before the end of the month Lotto Challenger will be on station in Port Alfred.



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A 48-year-old man from Belgium is expected to be discharged from hospital today after a non-fatal drowning incident at a remote beach between Brenton-on-Sea and Buffalo Bay on Monday afternoon. The man, on a cycling holiday with his family, is ...
On Saturday morning, NSRI Port Nolloth volunteers on a routine training exercise responded when a local mining vessel raised concern for three of her crew who had gone ashore on their RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) and not been heard ...