While the investigation into the cause of the sinking of the Thandi gets underway, the crew has since been lauded for their efforts to ensure the safety of passengers aboard. The Thandi on Friday departed from the Cape Town harbour at 10h42 and left the Island at 13h05. After its departure, the National Sea and Rescue Services (NSRI) was activated at 14h18 to assist in the rescue mission of 64 […]
A teenager from Khayelitsha is presumed to have drowned after reports that he went missing in the surf at Monwabisi Beach on the False Bay coast. A spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Craig Lambinon says the 19 year old was swimming with friends when he apparently disappeared in the surf. NSRI volunteers, Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services, Police and two dive units were activated. Lambinon says […]
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) on Wednesday reported several fatalities around South Africa’s coastline. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said the service was activated late morning on Monday when a 59-year-old man collapsed after surfing at Melkbosstrand beach in the Western Cape from a suspected heart attack. Efforts by bystanders performing CPR, taken over by paramedics, failed and the man was declared dead on the scene. In Richard’s Bay on […]
Bathers have been urged to be extra careful due to super-strong rip currents that come with the new moon on Thursday. Visitors to Cape Town beaches on Wednesday would have noticed that the high tides were higher than normal, and the low tides were lower than normal, with rip currents at their strongest intensity, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon said. Some beachgoers have already found out about […]
Bathers, paddlers and anglers are being warned to be cautious as we head into the new year with a strong new moon spring tide forecast. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) issued the warning on Monday 26 January for Thursday the 29th of December the monthly New Moon occurs. "This means that the twice monthly Spring Tide (which occurs at Full Moon and at New Moon) peaks on Thursday 29th […]
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged parents to ensure their children have responsible adult supervision at all times around water, after a child drowned at Wilderness Lagoon on Saturday. The child is believed to be around nine or 10, NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said. NSRI Wilderness duty coxswain, Torsten Henschel, said NSRI Wilderness beach was alerted to the drowning at around 11:13. When they arrived, lifeguards had recovered […]
Paddlers on Sunday discovered the body of a man in a life jacket in Zeekoevlei near Grassy Park on Sunday, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) confirmed. The paddlers spotted the body floating in a life-jacket near to a capsized boat while they were on an early morning paddle, NSRI station commander Vaughn Seconds said in a statement. By the time an NSRI team arrived at the scene, the paddlers […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
