Ntuthuko Makhathini and Refeloa Zililo from Sail AfricaOur Yazi Ngamanzi WaterWise Instructors, Eoudia Erasmus and Slindile Mthethwa, are in Durban showing our water safety partners from Sail Africa how to teach water safety to children.There are nine students on the Yazi Ngamanzi course who will soon be out in the disadvantaged communities teaching learners how to be safe in or near water, how to help someone who is in difficulty while remaining safe yourself, who to call for help and how to do HandsOn CPR.It is estimated that 600 children die by drowning in South Africa each year - that is 18 buses full of children !
Refeloa Zililo and Ntuthuko Makhathini doing CPR watched by WaterWise's Slindile Mthethwa
Two sailors die despite medivac from ship
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A local man has died following a drowning accident at Leentjiesklip Beach, Wilderness, after two fathers went into the water to help their teenage sons caught in rip currents. The two teenagers and the other father were rescued ...
A man believed to be 35 remains missing after being caught in rip currents near the Salmon Bay launch site, Ballito. Search efforts by NSRI and partner services are continuing. ...
Norman Rautenbach, NSRI Richards Bay station commander, said: At 14h29, Monday, 19 October, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were placed on alert to prepare for a maritime medical evacuation operation for 3 male seafarers injured onboard a 292-meter bulk carrier ...