Jaco v Walt and Werner Smit returning from the call out. Photo kindly supplied by Brynn Gericke (NSRI) On Tuesday, 08th January, at first light, at St Lucia Beach, 80 km North East of Richards Bay, KZN Wildlife Rangers ...
Yesterday, Monday, 07th January, NSRI Durban towed the sea rescue craft SPIRIT OF SVITZER, which was launched on Inanda Dam, to assist Police Search and Rescue in an ongoing search for the body of Nduduzo Mdletshe, the regional chairman of ...
DURBAN. Numerous incidents:On Sunday, 06th January, at 18h05 NSRI Durban crew were activated following reports of a drowning at Inanda Dam. NSRI responded to the scene to find that a man, believed to be aged in his thirties, had gone ...
On Sunday, 06th January, at 15h40, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander Justin Erasmus, while on holiday at Eerste River, between Oyster Bay and Plettenberg Bay, witnessed a jet-ski accident which has claimed the life of a Pretoria man.The 5 ...
On Saturday, 05th January, at 14h05 NSRI Wilderness crew had reports from eye-witnesses suspecting a surfer to be in difficulty at Victoria Bay, near Wilderness.Hennie Niehaus, NSRI Wilderness station commander said that due to the extremely rough sea conditions a ...
On Sunday, 06th January, at 14h00, NSRI Durban volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority following reports of a container truck plunged into the harbour at the Port of Durban 'B-Shed'.SAPS Search & Rescue ...
On Saturday, 05th January, at 21h04, NSRI Melkbosstrand were alerted following numerous eye-witness reports of red distress flares sighted in the vicinity of Big Bay, Bloubergstrand.On investigation it was revealed that members of the public were setting off Sky Lanterns ...
STATION 4, MYKONOS - Kite Surfer or a Yacht suspected to be in difficultyOn Saturday, 05th January, at 20h35, NSRI Mykonos crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a kite-surfer in difficulty off-shore of Mykonos. Another report from another eye-witness ...
FRIDAY 4th January 2013 - AgulhasAt 03h30 on the 4th of January the Agulhas NSRI duty crew were called out to medically casevac a 67 year old crewman from the fishing vessel Rigel 4.The NSRI Agulhas volunteers launched Vodacom Rescuer ...
Station 23, Wilderness :At 15h00 on Thursday the 3rd January NSRI Wilderness volunteers were called out to Groenvlei near Sedgefield for a Hobie cat that had capsized.According to NSRI Wilderness station commander Hennie Niehaus, a 25year old Sedgefield man had ...
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