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 ...
The NSRI’s Volunteer Support Centre (VSC) training team, last month, joined forces with Station 46 in Storms River for a maritime extrication refresher session, set high above the forest floor on the platforms of Tsitsikamma Canopy Tours. ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute exists to save lives at sea and on inland waters. Fire response is not part of its core mandate, and any involvement in wildfire incidents must take place within South Africa’s legal and emergency-response framework ...
At just 22 years old, Roxy Traylor has already led a life shaped by the ocean although, as she admits, it wasn’t love at first sight. ...
Along the wild, rugged coastline of the Eastern Cape, where cliffs drop into restless surf, and rivers slice through valleys, you’ll often find a familiar figure walking - or swimming - his way towards training. His name is Mdu Sizwe ...
Three years ago, Gareth Seroot was working in Ceres when his manager called a meeting that would change his life. ...
This month, the NSRI honours Howard Godfrey for an extraordinary milestone: 55 years of service, one of the longest of any volunteer currently active in our organisation. ...
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. ...
The women of the NSRI serve with determination, skill and compassion – not to break boundaries, but because they belong here. ...
There’s a rare kind of person whose presence makes you feel safe and inspired. Siyabonga Mthethwa is one of those people. A Class 4 Coxswain, Drowning Prevention Instructor, KZN Water Safety Coordinator – and a ballroom dancer – his journey ...
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