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Stn 11 Port Alfred
RESCUES  | Published: 5 December 2024

UPDATE: A teenager is missing at East Beach, Port Alfred

On Friday, 6 December, The SA Police Services, Police K9 Search and Rescue (Police divers and a Police K9 team), assisted by Ndlambe Municipal Environmental officers, Ndlambe Beach authorities and Ndlambe lifeguards, continued in ongoing search efforts for a missing ...

Stn 6 Gqeberha
RESCUES  | Published: 4 December 2024

Multiple incidents including animal rescues and a solo sailor assisted

There were multiple incidents across the country between the period of Thursday 28 November and Tuesday 3 December including responses to a distress signal, the rescues of a border collie and turtle, and the assistance of a solo sailor. ...

Pink Buoy
DROWNING  | Published: 2 December 2024

NSRI Celebrates the Success of our Pink Rescue Buoy Project as the 200th person we know of has been rescued using a Pink Buoy.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is proud to announce the ongoing success of its Pink Rescue Buoy initiative. Since its launch in 2017, the initiative has been used to rescue more than 200 people. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 2 December 2024

NSRI – East London – Monday, 2 December. Fatal drowning of a local child:

Cathrine Prentis, NSRI East London station commander, said: At 14h35, Sunday, 1 December, NSRI East London duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress in the surf zone at Eastward Ho, Gonubie. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 2 December 2024

NSRI – Gqeberha – Sunday, 1 December. A man is missing:

Jonathan Tufts, NSRI Gqeberha deputy station commander, said: At 14h01, Sunday, 1 December, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports of a man missing in the Sundays River, at the Pearson Park slipway, Colchester. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 2 December 2024

Rescues Across the Coast:

Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown duty controller, said: At 17h19, Saturday, 30 November, NSRI Simonstown duty crew and CMR (Cape Medical Response) ambulance services were activated following eyewitness reports to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) requesting medical assistance for a non-fatal ...

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AWARDS  | Published: 2 December 2024

Retired NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson wins the International Maritime Rescue Federation's People's Choice Award.

The highly anticipated IMRF People's Choice Award 2024 winner was announced at the IMRF Annual Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece. This year, Dr Cleeve Robertson, former NSRI CEO, received the award for his outstanding contributions to the NSRI. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 2 December 2024

Body of missing man located and recovered by Police WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services) and Police Air Wing:

UPDATE MILNERTON: On Friday morning, 29 November, in an ongoing search and recovery operation, the SA Police Services, Police divers (SAPS Water Policing and Diving Services) and the Police Air Wing helicopter located and recovered the body of a man ...

Lifegaurd
LIFEGUARDS  | Published: 2 December 2024

Multiple incidents around the coastline and inland/ NSRI lifeguards deployed early across beaches along the Southern Cape Coast:

NSRI, lifeguards, Police and the emergency services have attended to multiple rescue operations over the past weeks, including sadly an increase in drowning accidents around the coastline and on inland waters. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 26 November 2024

UPDATE UMHLANGA DROWNING: Man missing at sea near uMhlanga

On Friday afternoon, 29 November, during ongoing search and recovery efforts, the body of a man was located and recovered by Police, assisted by Kwadakuza lifeguards, at Clarkes Beach, Ballito. ...

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