By Dr Deborah Robertson-Andersson.While walking on the beach this month I came across a rope that was covered in goose barnacles. My children would not touch it as it seemed to be slowly writhing. They thought it was a sea-snake ...
Yesterday ( Monday 6 February 2012) the Hout Bay NSRI volunteers were called out to assist with evacuation of several houses and Old Age Homes in Hout Bay valley as a result of a major fire in the Disa River ...
Mike Russon and his three children, Keira (21), Kyle (19) and Kelvin (16) believe there must be more awareness for supporting the National Sea Rescue Institute. Out at sea our lives depend upon NSRI.So to create that awareness they embarked ...
This weekend saw the official launch and hand over of the NSRI’s Vaal Dam Station’s donated Mitsubishi Triton and Discovery Rescue Runner.Organized to coincide with the SAMSA-sponsored worlds biggest inland yacht race, the “Round The Island,” the handover of rescue ...
Sea Rescue yesterday took delivery of an ex-Royal National Lifeboat Institute ( RNLI) deep sea rescue boat that will replace the one lost in the Gordons Bay ship-yard fire. The 7th Brede brought to South Africa by NSRI was off-loaded ...
Tom Coetzee is our Sea Rescue station commander at Kommetjie. He is also a professional first aid trainer. Tom, of Essential Safety Solutions, kindly donated his time to give our Face to Face team in Cape Town an introduction to ...
In preparation for the Dusi on the 16, 17 and 18th of February 2012, fifteen of our Durban Sea Rescue volunteers and eleven Navy Divers attended a Swift-water rescue course run by Rob Hill who is a CSA/KNCU Safety Officer.The ...
Join the Wilderness volunteers on 25 February 2012 from 9h00 for the inaugural local beach festival, aimed at raising much needed funds for Wilderness Sea Rescue Station 23.There will be a social beach volleyball tournament that will include School teams ...
The ‘Knights of the Missing Table’ undertook a trip to Port Elizabeth in December to watch the IRB Sevens Rugby Tournament. Held for the first time in the friendly city, the tour, as well as the tournament, was a huge ...
Port Elizabeth volunteer Marcus Oshry writes about a sand 4x4 course that the Station 6 volunteers did recently:In January 2001 all vehicles were banned from driving on South African beaches. This means that 12 years ago, many 4x4 enthusiasts knew ...
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