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PHOTOS  | Published: 9 December 2025

Photo of the month: December 2025

Send us your favourite photograph of NSRI people doing what we do, and you could win an NSRI shop voucher worth R250! ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 19 November 2025

Photo of the month: November 2025

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PHOTOS  | Published: 21 October 2025

Photo of the month: October 2025

Send us your favourite photograph of NSRI people doing what we do, and you could win an NSRI shop voucher worth R250! ...

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FUNDRAISING  | Published: 29 January 2021

Women take the helm in boatbuilding

The NSRI is making a significant investment in the South African boatbuilding industry by partnering with Two Oceans Marine Manufacturing in a long-term project that will see nine Offshore Rescue Craft (ORCs) being built, seven of them entirely by local ...

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FUNDRAISING  | Published: 14 December 2020

Siya Kolisi, who nearly drowned when he was 12 years old, urges South Africans to “Launch A Legacy” that will save lives for years to come

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 ...

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AD CAMPAIGNS  | Published: 27 April 2019

NSRI welcomes their new generation Search and Rescue Vessel to South Africa

NATIONAL SEA RESCUE INSTITUTE (NSRI) MEDIA RELEASE:SEA RESCUE – NSRI welcomes their new generation Search and Rescue Vessel to South AfricaThe official welcoming party of the National Sea Rescue Institute’s new class of Search and Rescue vessel took place at ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 11 December 2018

A hive of activity in Richards Bay

The crew at Station 19 Richards Bay were out in full force over the weekend.Brynn Gericke wrote: 'We participated in the Port Festival by putting on a display covering the righting of our training vessel Flip-it, the casualties then lit ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 9 December 2018

Wilderness crew and local lifeguards train together

This past weekend our crew at NSRI Wilderness and the local lifeguards had a training session together. About 15 lifeguards were present and divided into two groups. They started with some orientation around our 4.2m vessels and then proceeded to ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 28 September 2018

Dibana Logistics give NSRI a free ride

A big thank you to Dibana Logistics who placed our NSRI Lifeguard station back on the beach at Melkbosstrand this morning, in preparation for the summer season. Dibana Logistics will take a second 6 meter container to our Simon's Town ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 23 September 2018

Drowning at Margate and a boat assisted at Hartbeespoort Dam

MARGATE:Jeremiah Jackson, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said:Just before 14h00, Sunday, 23rd September, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following reports from Ray Nkonyeni Municipal Protection Services of a drowning in progress at Margate Pier.Our NSRI sea rescue vehicle ...

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