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A 38-year-old man from Elsies River has died following an apparent drowning at Strand Beach on the early morning of the New Year, January 1.
DROWNING PREVENTION

Man dies in apparent drowning at Strand Beach on New Year’s Day

A 38-year-old man from Elsies River has died following an apparent drowning at Strand Beach on the early morning of the New Year, January 1.

  • Own Correspondent
1 min read
Two young girls were transported to the hospital following a near-drowning incident at Millers Point, while three separate sea rescue operations were carried out by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Simons Town over the weekend.
SEA RESCUE

Two children hospitalised, three rescues carried out in NSRI Simons Town operations

Two young children were transported to the hospital following a near-drowning incident at Millers Point, while three separate sea rescue operations were carried out by the…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
The National Sea Rescue Institute recorded two separate incidents on Saturday October 26 in which bathers were bitten by Cape fur seals at Blue Waters and Big Bay beaches. Pictured is a seal on Muizenberg Beach.
NSRI

Bathers warned of seal rabies risk after attacks

The National Sea and Rescue Institute and Shark Spotters have urged the public to stay clear of seals when visiting the beach, citing the risks of serious injury and being…

  • Alicia English
2 min read
Sea Harvest’s MFV Lepanto sank off Hout Bay’s coast on Friday.
FISHING

Hope lost for 11 on doomed trawler

Sea Harvest, the company that owned the fishing vessel that sank 34 nautical miles (nearly 63km) off the coast of Hout Bay, says it is working closely with the South African…

  • Tamlynne Thompson
2 min read