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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 January 2025

NSRI volunteers answer the call during the festive season

For many, the festive season is a time to relax and celebrate with family, but for the dedicated volunteers of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), it’s often one of the busiest times of the year. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 23 January 2025

2024: NSRI reflects on a transformative year

The year 2024 marked a period of immense growth and transformation for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 23 January 2025

Search operations, led by Police, are ongoing in 2 cases of missing persons:

In two cases, led by Police WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services), assisted by NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam, Hartbeespoort SRU (Strategic Rescue Unit), Hartbeespoort Law Enforcement and Tshwane emergency services water rescue unit, search efforts are ongoing for two missing men ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 22 January 2025

A foreign sailing yacht that drifted ashore has been recovered

A Finnish couple have been assisted after their sailing yacht drifted ashore in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Santos Beach, Mossel Bay. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

24-Year-Old Man Goes Missing While Swimming at Strand Beach

Brian Gosling, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 15h16, Sunday, 19 January, the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network was alerted by Strand Surf Lifesaving lifeguards and CoCT lifeguards engaged in a search for a missing man ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

7 survival immersion suits found adrift near False Bay beaches

CoCT Law Enforcement and NSRI Strandfontein recovered 7 survival immersion suits in 24 hours. The origin of these suits remains unclear, though no distress signals have been reported. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

Two men assisted after their boat capsizes near Port Alfred

NSRI Port Alfred responded to reports of a capsized boat in the Kowie River Mouth. Two men, wearing life jackets, were rescued by Good Samaritan Kye McGregor. NSRI righted and towed the boat to safety. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

Young man swept out to sea at Cape St. Francis is saved

A young man swept out to sea has been saved thanks to the quick thinking of an NSRI St. Francis Bay coxswain and his 2 friends fishing nearby on their boat ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

A man is missing in East London

A man has gone missing following reports of a drowning in progress at Bonza Bay Beach, Beacon Bay, East London. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 17 January 2025

Woman rescued with the assistance of a Good samaritan

A Good Samaritan, a student at Potchefstroom, who is from Durbanville, Cape Town, and visiting Mossel Bay with friends, fellow Potch students, has been commended for his rescue efforts that contributed to saving the life of a woman caught in ...

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