With the recent reported increase in drowning at sea we would like to urge all to follow the guidance from the NSRI with regards to swimming safely! We would also like to share some advice shared earlier on the Road Safety Website: • Before entering the sea swimmers should take time to watch the waves [...]
The quick thinking and first aid skills of a family in Roodekrans has evaded a tragedy after their two year old boy slipped and nearly drowned in a swimming pool. The boy was standing on the step of the pool, when he allegedly slipped and fell into the water. A family member who witnessed the [...]
Officials from the National Sea Rescue Institute on Thursday said there have been at least 15 fatal incidents throughout the country at sea since the start of January. In the most recent incident a man drowned at the Silwerstroomstrand Resort near Atlantis in the Cape on Wednesday. The NSRI’s Craig Lambinon said they have resumed [...]
GEORGE 4 January 2012, 14:00 What started off as a recreational swim in a pond for three girls from the community of Pacaltsdorp has ended in tragedy. The three girls, aged between 10 and 12, had entered the pond to cool off. Two of the girls later told rescue workers that they felt as if [...]
Three people have died in a freak accident on the Bronkhorstspruit Dam after the pilot of their boat fell overboard. Eddie dos Santos, 42, apparently lost control of his boat and fell overboard when he tried to turn too sharply to pick up his step daughter Claudia Barros-Botha, 25, and her husband Gawie Botha, 29, [...]
[POTCHEFSTROOM – 02 JANUARY 2012 AT 15H00] An 8yr old girl has drowned at a dam about 25km outside of Potchefstroom this afternoon. It is believed that the little girl was swimming with friends in the dam and somehow got into trouble and went under the water. The children ran for help and family came [...]
At least 17 people have drowned on South African beaches over the last day, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) confirmed on Monday. This as thousands of people flocked to the beaches to celebrate New Year’s Day. In one of the most recent incidents, a man drowned after suffering an epileptic fit in Jeffreys Bay. [...]
A 12yr old boy has been given a second chance after nearly drowning in the pool of his residence at Crystal Park in Benoni this afternoon. ER24 received a call through say that a child had drowned and that members of public had pulled out of the pool and were doing CPR. The paramedics arrived [...]
Two brothers drowned in Rooskraal dam just off the Vaal river while they were out fishing with their family, North West police said on Monday. The two brothers, aged 11 and 12 years old were accompanied by their parents and another family on a fishing excursion to the dam on Sunday morning, said police spokesperson [...]
[CAPE TOWN - 26 DECEMBER 2011 AT 11H45] A man believed to be on his early 40′s has drowned on Glen Beach near Camps Bay this morning. ER24 paramedics were called by Camps Bay Community Medical for a man who had just being pulled out of the ocean by life guards. When paramedics arrived on [...]
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