Very few of us appreciate that the horizon, on level ground, is only just over 5kms away.It is therefore understandable that we are always uncertain as to how far things are away from us particularly over water and if the ...
Richards Bay's seven metre rescue boat, Spirit of Round Table, is on the way to Cape Town for her refit. She will be off station for about 5 months as her pontoons and electrics need to be replaced and a ...
The Port Elizabeth volunteers have been very busy with plenty of call outs of late, and medical supplies were running low. They put out a cry for help and three bags full of gear sponsored by Mediclinic were donated to ...
Saturday 8 June 2013 was World Oceans Day. Station 20, Shelly Beach, was invited to participate in the events planned to celebrate our marine environment and to sign a pledge to protect the oceans. The major event was a flotilla ...
We are proud to announce that the Rotary Club of Mossel Bay has named NSRI volunteer and former Station Commander, Dawie Zwiegelaar, 'Rotary Mossel Bay Citizen of the Year 2013'. With his usual humility, Dawie immediately dedicated the award to ...
The Sea Rescue Joburg fundraising team is doing a great job making sure that our volunteers have top class equipment when launching on a rescue thanks to the great support that NSRI has in Gauteng. From left to right are ...
In honour of Youth Day 2013, MySchool will donate R1 extra to NSRI when you swipe your MySchool card at any participating partner store from 14-17 June 2013! ...
John Costello, station commander at Port St Johns, has posted some fine pictures of a recent helicopter exercise with Port Elizabeth SAAF's helicopter squadron - Charlie flight. You can see the pictures on John's Flickr page. ...
Last night ( Friday 31 May) in Durban, the South African Search and Rescue (SASAR) Executive Committee presented Witsand NSRI volunteers, Coxswain Attie Gunter, Crewman Leon Pretorius and Quentin Diener with a Meritorious Award for the rescue of the crew ...
Station 20, Shelly Beach, received a donation of R4 855-00 from the proceeds of a one-day fishing competition held on Saturday at Southport Beach, one of the Blue Flag Beaches on KZN’s South Coast.The competition was the brainchild of John ...
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