The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has over 900 volunteers who respond 24/7/365 to save lives on South African waters. We also teach disadvantaged children about basic water safety through our proactive educational initiative the WaterWise Academy. You can also ...
Wanneer ek by ‘n skool wegry, glo, hoop en wens ek, kinders weet: “Ek kan ‘n lewe red!” Dan word my wens waar as ek ‘n skool vir die tweede maal besoek en al die kinders onthou die noodnommer en ...
Station 25, Hartbeespoort Dam, presented awards for some amazing rescues at the Transvaal Yacht Club yesterday, Sunday 28 September. Twenty guests joined the crew to witness the Awards being handed out to Coenraad Smith and Wicus Venter for the helicopter ...
Rough seas and strong winds forced the Sonny Evans Small Craft Harbour controllers to close the launch site at Shelly Beach last Saturday (27 September) leaving the Shelly Beach volunteers with a dilemma – should they carry on with training ...
We spent the day with Safmarine, the sponsors of Spirit of Safmarine III our 10m rescue boat at Station 10 Simonstown.Dirk Hoffmann, Safmarine SA's MD, his family and students Kyle, Lwando, Gershwyn and Shannon from the Lawhill Maritime Centre spent ...
This morning saw the official launch and blessing of the new rescue runner donated to Station 8 Hout Bay. She was christened Boetie Woltemade after Wolraad Woltemade's fearless horse who helped save the lives of 14 men. The rescue runner ...
The winner of our Friends competition was Michael De Jongh, who chose his wife Nicolette as his friend to 'Be a Hero for a Day'! Michael and Nicolette won the opportunity to attend a training session with our Sea Rescue ...
SEA RESCUE – SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN – Sunday, 21 September, 2014. U.S. Coast Guard monitoring the progress of an injured South African solo sailor in the South Pacific:The United States Coast Guard Honolulu Coordination Centre have confirmed to NSRI that ...
It was a very good month for WaterWise Instructor Zanele Bushwane who spent her time in Khayelitsha schools. Zanele consentrated on Encotshen primary and Vuselela primary school, and loved teaching the children, who she says, showed interest, and after the ...
Island View Shipping ( a Division of Grindrod Shipping) hosted a wonderfully successful, 9th annual NSRI (Station 19, Richards Bay) benefit golf day at the RBCC on the 14th of August.'The success of the event itself can only be attributed ...
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