The NSRI’s water-safety initiatives have been given a huge boost by the Department of Tourism with the donation of 72 Pink Rescue Buoys and the sponsorship of a lifeguard station in St Helena Bay on the Cape West Coast. St ...
Station Commander Garth Dominy and Deputy Station Commander Mike Vonk from NSRI Station 23, Wilderness, were honoured to present a letter of thanks to three Herolds Bay locals on behalf of the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa (NSRI). ...
The story of 2020 really is one of resilience and the ability of our community to hang together and continue to provide the essential services we do.Thankfully we seem to be surfacing and are rising towards the light! September was ...
Everyone is a winner with NSRI, congratulations!Thank you for supporting the NSRI this year. Because of your generosity, we are all winners! Your support has allowed the NSRI to continue saving lives in 2020. And, we are thrilled to announce ...
When Siya Kolisi, Springbok rugby captain, Stormers and Western Province player, was 12 years old, he nearly drowned.Kolisi, says that “there are 600 children who drown in South Africa every year in entirely preventable incidents. In my community, we have ...
TABLE BAY:On Sunday, 06 December, NSRI Table Bay duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom to assist a local man, Zirk Botha, who had embarked on a row to Rio De Janeiro (Row to Rio 2020) on ...
Watch a recording of a rip current workshop that Plymouth University did with NSRI, City of Cape Town professional Lifeguards, Lifesaving Cape Town and Lifesaving South Africa. ...
The Zululand Observer recently posted an article demonstrating the dangers of a sudden drop in Seabed level in response to recent drownings in Richards Bay.The depth of the water at some places, including T-jetty, is deceptive as the seabed suddenly ...
Muizenberg – Sunday, 29 November. A Police Dive Unit are continuing in an ongoing search operation for a lifeguard who went missing on Saturday afternoon in the surfline at Muizenberg Main Beach.City of Cape Town (CoCT) lifeguards, CoCT Law Enforcement ...
Arthur Crewe, NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam station commander, said:At 19h20, Thursday, 26 November, NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam duty crew launched the NSRI rescue craft Rotary Endeavour to respond to assist 3 locals, 2 males and a female, on a boat surrounded by ...
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