A passion for empowering children with critical water safety skills has brought Warrant Officer Allister Boer, Commander of the South African Police Service’s Water Policing and Diving Services, Boland, and the NSRI’s longest standing Drowning Prevention Instructor, Eoudia Erasmus, together ...
NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson reflects on the organisation’s progress in 2023, and looks ahead to the coming year. ...
At 11 am on Saturday, 16 December, at the Round Table Clubhouse on Middle Beach at Kenton-on-Sea, the new NSRI JetRib Spirit of Kenton was named and blessed. ...
The NSRI’s St Lucia station recently celebrated the handing over of a new JetRIB for its satellite at Cape Vidal, providing a much-needed improvement in rescue capacity for this remote location. ...
A new rescue vessel, the 14-meter Offshore Rescue Craft (ORC), DHL Deliverer, was named and blessed at a ceremony held at Sea Rescue station in the V&A Waterfront on Friday, 8 December 2023. ...
Now and then, volunteers are called to leave South African shores to face new challenges and, yes, save lives in other countries. We caught up with three NSRI ‘alumni’ to find out how they’re faring… ...
Station 23 (Wilderness) crew member Jané Botha recently raised a staggering R47 500 for the NSRI by swimming 73 775 meters in 24 hours! ...
Give a unique gift to your loved ones this festive season: help towards the cost of a new Offshore Rescue Craft (ORC) for the NSRI, and the names of those you have celebrated will be inscribed on the vessel. ...
NSRI Station 6, as well as several others in the region, are gearing up for the PE2EL Surfski Challenge, one of South Africa’s most scenic open ocean races, spanning 250 kilometres from Gqeberha to East London. ...
The Western Cape experienced widespread flooding towards the end of September: lives and homes were lost. Here, a few of the NSRI volunteers who participated in the rescue effort reflect on the experience. ...
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