16 November 2020Island View Shipping and the shipping fraternity pulled out all the stops to raise R500 000.00 for our station in Richards Bay this year despite the year being plagued by a pandemic and no actual golf day taking ...
It’s not just a pretty colour… The NSRI’s Pink Rescue Buoys will be saving lives this holiday season – with your help. As summer kicks into full swing, thousands of holidaymakers will soon be hotfooting it to beaches and dams ...
The NSRI has been involved in whale disentanglement operations since 2006. Since then, around 140 volunteers have been trained in the specific procedures necessary to assist the whales. There are 21 ‘disentanglement stations’ around the country, 18 of which are ...
You’d be forgiven for being a little nonplussed to learn that the NSRI has five inland stations. It is, after all, an institution based on sea rescue. But where there is a large body of water, there is a need ...
NSRI are appealing to bathers, surfers and paddlers to be cautious on the Jeffrey's Bay coastline, but also the coastline between Tsitsikamma and Port Elizabeth after a whale carcass, appearing to the carcass of a Southern Right Whale has washed ...
At the beginning of 2020, Hillside Aluminium/South32 generously sponsored 40 lifesaving Pink Rescue Buoys for Richards Bay and surrounds. These buoys have been erected in strategic areas along the bay. Hundreds of drownings in South Africa each year are preventable ...
National Sea Rescue InstituteMedia Release – immediate9th October 2020DHL Stormers Forwards take the plunge with NSRIThe DHL Stormers forwards spent some time with the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) during their bye week, to learn about the important rescue work ...
If you have an interest in South African water safety please join us for the first NSRI water safety symposium. We will bring together individuals from organisations who are active in the South African drowning prevention sector four times a ...
Water-safety instructors are excited to be back in classrooms and have managed to reach an impressive number of students, even with social-distancing regulations. But they’ve also had to adapt to a very different teaching environment, explains Drowning Prevention manager Andrew ...
NSRI’s Pink Rescue Buoy initiative has grown exponentially since its introduction in November 2017. To date more than 750 Pink Rescue Buoys have been installed around South Africa and 59 lives have been saved by their use. The buoys have ...
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