The 28th annual Rotary Wine Auction, held at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Cape Town on Thursday 5 November 2026, raised R450 000 for the NSRI. ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is excited to welcome the start of the 2026 FNB Wines2Whales today as the event’s official charity partner, bringing water safety awareness and drowning prevention to the riders and communities along the race route ...
A complex overnight rescue on the Cape Peninsula has given the NSRI’s newest Offshore Rescue Craft, Spirit of Ubuntu, an early opportunity to demonstrate exactly why this new generation of rescue vessel is so important to the organisation’s work ...
Learning how to stay safe around water and help someone in an emergency were some of the key skills learnt at Kati Primary School in Madlanzini Agri Village, Richards Bay. ...
Congratulations to Spencer Oldham, Station Commander at Station 8 Hout Bay, who has won the October photograph of the month with his photograph of the Station 8 JetRIB Spirit of Gabi training at Kleinmond. It’s a photograph that puts us ...
A shared belief in the power of water – and the importance of helping people enjoy it safely – is bringing the NSRI and The Little Optimist Trust together.Recently, members of the NSRI’s Community Programmes team spent two days at ...
What began as an ordinary afternoon at Strand Beach quickly became a race against time when a swimmer was caught in a powerful rip current. As NSRI operators in the NSRI’s Emergency Operations Centre watched anxiously from their screens, an ...
On 17 October, families, donors and volunteers gathered at Club Mykonos in Langebaan for the blessing and naming of Rescue 4, the NSRI's newest Offshore Rescue Craft (ORC), now officially named Spirit of Shoprite Sixty60. ...
For Rena and Roxy Du Toit, volunteering with the NSRI is more than a commitment to saving lives. It is a shared adventure that has strengthened their friendship, challenged them to grow and given them countless opportunities to make a ...
When an emergency unfolds at sea, effective coordination can mean the difference between life and death. It's a skill the NSRI knows well, and one that three of its experienced rescuers recently had the opportunity to share beyond South Africa's ...
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