Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said: 'On Friday, 11th January, at around 19h30 an NSRI volunteer at the Royal Cape Yacht Club was informed by yacht club members of an overdue yacht, the 34 foot yacht SIX ...
On Wednesday, 10th January, at 18h50 NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a kite boarder in difficulty while swimming after his kite at Crayfish Factory, between Kommetjie and Scarborough.The eye-witness reported that the kite-boarder ...
Deon Truter, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: 'At 09h15 on Thursday 10th January NSRI Plettenberg Bay crew were activated following reports of 3 hikers swept out to sea through the Bloukrans River Mouth while hiking on the Otter Trail.'It ...
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 ...
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