What began as an ordinary afternoon at Strand Beach quickly became a race against time when a swimmer was caught in a powerful rip current. As NSRI operators in the NSRI’s Emergency Operations Centre watched anxiously from their screens, an ...
For Rena and Roxy Du Toit, volunteering with the NSRI is more than a commitment to saving lives. It is a shared adventure that has strengthened their friendship, challenged them to grow and given them countless opportunities to make a ...
As summer approaches, the NSRI is preparing not only for the usual increase in activity on South Africa’s waters, but for a season that could bring additional pressures. ...
Earlier this year, 196 young people began a journey to become stronger water-safety leaders in their communities. Now, four of them have taken a significant step forward by completing an intensive five-day lifeguard readiness programme with the NSRI.A Journey That ...
At 17h16, Friday, 17 July, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew and emergency services were activated following an urgent request for assistance from Plettenberg Bay's First Responders who were on the scene with Police at New Horizons, where a 3-year-old boy ...
When Western Cape Premier Alan Winde visited the NSRI Volunteer Support Centre in Cape Town in May, it was an opportunity to thank the volunteers who had helped communities devastated by flooding across the Western and Eastern Cape. ...
In a drowning emergency, minutes matter. ...
Easter weekend marked the close of the 2025/2026 NSRI lifeguarding season, wrapping up sustained effort from lifeguards across South Africa’s coastline. Looking back, Lifeguarding Operations Manager Rebecca Carter-Smith describes it as “one of our most demanding, but also one of ...
August marks Women’s Month in South Africa, a time to honour the women whose courage helped reshape our nation and to recognise the continued contribution of women across all sectors of society. ...
NSRI crews are seeing a worrying trend across South Africa’s coastline: An increase in drowning in progress (DIP) incidents. ...
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