By Aneeqa du Plessis Two children drowned in a kayaking incident in Plettenberg Bay yesterday while a third managed to make it to shore raise the alarm. According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Spokesperson Craig Lambinon, rescue swimmers responded in vehicles and two rescue craft following a report that three boys, aged between 8 and 10, on a kayak at Natures Valley Lagoon, Grootrivier, got into difficulty. The […]
By Dideka Njemla A drowning incident of a 35-year-old man took place at the Groot Wolfgat Beach, between Monwabisi and Mnandi on the False Bay Coast yesterday. Four local males between the ages of 29 and 35-years-old from Mandalay, Mitchells Plain were swimming when the incident happened. Upon exiting the water, three of the males noticed that their 35-year-old friend had not come out of the water with them. They […]
Rescue divers have recovered the bodies of two sisters aged 60 and 61, after what is believed to have been caused by drowning at the Hermanus harbour in Overberg, in the Western Cape. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says eyewitnesses alerted the Agencies about two bodies floating in the sea near the old harbour. He says rescue crafts were launched and the bodies were brought ashore. Lambinon says […]
A teen died on Saturday and a 23-year-old man is missing in separate incidents in Mossel Bay at the weekend. The 13-year-old drowned on Saturday despite interventions by paramedics at De Bakke Beach in the Western Cape. According to Andre Fraser, commander of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Mossel Bay station, at 2.53pm the NSRI Mossel Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress. A routine […]
The body of the 8-year-old girl that fell into the canal at the Vygieskraal informal settlement in Athlone has not yet been retrieved, despite an extensive search over the past few days. It has been just under a week since little Abieda Steenkamp was washed away in the canal under severe rainy conditions, while she was playing at the banks of the canal with a group of her friends. The […]
A Cape Town man drowned in Kleinmond on Saturday afternoon, despite concerted efforts by a bystander to save his life. National Sea Rescue Institute Hermanus duty coxswain Stephen Malherbe said in a statement the man was declared dead following extensive CPR efforts after a swimmer retrieved him from the surf. The NSRI, police, ER24 and provincial emergency medical services responded to multiple eye-witness reports of a drowning in progress after […]
Police divers have on Monday resumed the search for a missing 32-year-old male in the Vygieskraal dam. Police spokesperson, colonel Andre Traut said it is believed that the victim drowned over the weekend. "We will continue with our search during the course of the day." Circumstances around the drowning are yet to be confirmed. VOC 91.3fm
A police dive unit will not continue the search operation on Monday morning for a man who was swept out to sea at Monwabisi Beach, on the False Bay coast. This after three people were swept out to sea during a baptism ceremony at 07h45 on Sunday. Law Enforcement spokesperson, Wayne Dyason said the South African Police Service (SAPS) has indicated that the unit will not resume the search as […]
An Athlone family has been left devastated after 38-year-old Zaheer Brey lost his life while trying to save his 10-year-old from drowning yesterday. Zaheer and his son Mustafa had been fishing from the rocks at Crystal Pools in Gordon’s Bay at about 15:30, when the child was swept into the sea. He jumped in to help his son, but both found difficulty at sea. “The sea rescue craft Jack and […]
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