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EVENTS  | Published: 20 August 2025

Celebrating 58 years of courage and commitment: NSRI’s annual awards evening

This month, the NSRI gathered for its 58th Annual Awards Evening and AGM, a heartfelt occasion to honour the extraordinary volunteers and brave individuals who risk their lives daily to keep South African waters safe. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 16 August 2025

Rescue crews respond to capsized boat off Shelly Point

Cedric Brown, NSRI Mykonos duty coxswain station, said: At 16h11, Friday, 15 August, NSRI Mykonos and NSRI St Helena Bay duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of at least one man clinging onto a capsized boat offshore of Shelly ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 16 August 2025

NSRI – Durban – Saturday, 13 September. Update aircraft incident - a body located and recovered formal protocols to be observed:

During late Friday night, 12 September, Metro Police Search and Rescue, the SA Police Services and local security attended at Bay of Plenty Beach, Durban, where the body of a man was located and recovered. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 14 August 2025

A local man is missing after being swept off West Pier while shoreline angling

Aidan Wood, NSRI Port Alfred duty coxswain, said: At 20h08, Wednesday, 13 August, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following reports of a local fisherman swept off rocks by waves into the Kowie River Mouth while shoreline angling at ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 11 August 2025

NSRI Table Bay Rescues Myanmar Seafarer from Oil Tanker

Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said: At 14h00, Sunday, 10 August, NSRI Table Bay duty crew launched the NSRI rescue craft DHL Deliverer and Spirit of Day, accompanied by WC Government Health EMS rescue paramedics and NSRI MEX ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 11 August 2025

NSRI – JEFFREYS BAY: Medical evacuation operation at sea

Kristo Kritzinger, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said: At 14h20, Thursday, 7 August, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were alerted by NSRI St Francis Bay of a Chokka fishing vessel headed towards Jeffreys Bay with a local 54 year old ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 11 August 2025

Fishermen Assisted After Boat Failure; Seafarer Evacuated to Hospital

DURBAN: In 2 separate incidents - 4 local fishermen were assisted on Saturday after their boat suffered motor mechanical failure and a seafarer with a medical condition has been transported to hospital following a medical evacuation at sea on Friday: ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 9 August 2025

Teenager missing

Police Search and Rescue, assisted by Metro Police Search and Rescue, are continuing in an ongoing search for a male teenager that was reported to be missing at Wedge Beach, Durban, on Friday. ...

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AD CAMPAIGNS  | Published: 8 August 2025

During the loudest game of the season, the NSRI reminds us that drowning is silent.

7 August 2025 As the roar of the crowd fills London’s Wembley Stadium this Sunday, when the winners of the 2024/25 Emirates FA Cup, Crystal Palace, play the current Premier League champions, Liverpool, a very different message will cut through ...

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LIFEGUARDS  | Published: 5 August 2025

Honouring the Courage and Contribution of Women in the NSRI this Women’s Month

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. ...

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