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NSRI appeals for caution along Southern, Eastern Cape due to shark activity
The NSRI'S Craig Lambinon said increased shark activity has been noticed along the Southern Cape coastline from Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay and the Eastern...
The search continues for a Cape Town teenager who went missing in the surf on Saturday.
The NSRI is appealing to the public to only swim at beaches where there are lifeguards.
This comes after the drowning of a 21-year-old woman from Mthatha on Saturday at the Clanwilliam dam in the Western Cape.
On Saturday, one diver lost his life near the Western Cape's Bettys Bay, while another man died at Table Mountain's Silvermine Dam.
The man was subsequently assisted to shore by his daughter and a bystander, while the child walked ashore.
The body was recovered on Saturday after people reported seeing the vehicle between the dam wall and the Snake Park.
Rescue officials sprang into action after being alerted on Sunday and managed to rope in local vets who were soon at the scene.
The teenager was swimming with family members when he went missing in the surf on Sunday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has noted that with many beaches currently closed, South Africans are now opting to visit rivers, lakes, and dams.
Police divers recovered the teenager’s body from Lake Mzingazi on Thursday.
It's understood two local divers saw the body and brought it to shore earlier on Sunday.
Passersby alerted authorities after they spotted a car submerged in the water near the Snake Park and Dam bridge on Tuesday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has issued a safety warning for surfers and swimmers after a very close shark encounter was caught on camera.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the 79-year-old deceased and her husband live in Cape Town and have a holiday home in Witsand.
A whale carcass, which washed ashore at Oyster Bay, was attracting the sharks, St Francis Bay.
Felicien Nzisabira’s son was one of four teenagers who drowned after they were swept out to sea on Sunday.
The teenager was one of four children who were swept out to sea while swimming on Sunday.
A group of youths went for a swim on Sunday at Rocklands Beach. But they ran into trouble and were swept out to sea.