Andrew Ingram, head of Drowning Prevention at NSRI, explains how his team has adapted to keep working under lockdown restrictions.On 26 March 2020 South Africa went into level 5 lockdown, and for Sea Rescue’s water-safety team it was the end ...
42-year-old sailing instructor and father of seven Mncedisi ‘Tata’ Hlalatu became an NSRI volunteer nearly a year ago. And in early 2020, he joined the drowning-prevention team as a water-safety educator for the Richards Bay area. I started volunteering at ...
June 2020 Shaun Stewart, KwaZulu-Natal Johann Steyn, Western Cape Michael Johnson, Gauteng Adri Clayton, Gauteng Elzeth van der Walt, GautengJuly 2020 Steven de Villiers, Gauteng Johannes du Plessis, Western Cape Hardus Prinsloo, Gauteng Ann Olivier, Gauteng Shaleen Billson, GautengAll the ...
NSRI salutes our volunteers on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19. Saria van As, Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator at George Hospital, and shore controller at Station 23 (Wilderness), tells her story.Before the pandemic, my role at the hospital ...
TAKE IT FROM THE SKIPPER, YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANTGO. FOR. IT.It is Carmen Long’s simple motto when it comes to achieving what had not been done before.That is certainly what this full-of-life 52-year-old did when she was presented ...
Sunday 9 August is celebrated as Women’s Day in South Africa but it is also duty day at the National Sea Rescue Institute’s (NSRI) base in Strandfontein in Cape Town and that is where you will find most of the ...
An injured Hawksbill sea turtle, found on Strand Beach was rescued on Wednesday.Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordons Bay station commander, said:At 08h17, Wednesday, 5 August, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated to assist at Strand Beach where a sea turtle ...
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of members of the National Sea Rescue Institute will be held entirely by electronic communication on Thursday 27 August 2020.Click below for full detailsNotice Convening the AGM 2020 ...
Sara Jane Smith of St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape is the National Sea Rescue Institute’s (NSRI) sole female station commander, in charge of Station 21.“The only time I know I am the only female in this role is ...
Founded in 1967, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) volunteers live Madiba’s principles every minute of every day in service of South African communities, saving lives on South African waters. In Mandela Month, the organisation is celebrating the contributions of ...
Rescue Operations