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Surf coach, NSRI the heroes of dramatic river mouth rescue

NSRI and surf coach rescue capsized boat, crew National Sea Rescue Insitute (NSRI) volunteers and Port Alfred surf coach Kye Macgregor were the heroes of a dramatic rescue operation in the Kowie River mouth on Saturday January 18. NSRI…

Bands on the Beach’s very big thank you for NSRI

Organisation made sure participants in the Port ALfred Easter Festival were safe in the water Port Alfred NSRi’s Station 11 received a R100-thousand shot-in-the-arm after the recent Bands at the Beach (BOB) Concert drummed up support for…

Fire dancers light up the sky for SPCA

On Saturday, 5 November, there were some sparks at the Guido’s Beach Bar parking lot but these were in support of animals as members of Bloms Entertainment put on a fire poi display in their Anti-Guy Fawkes event in support of the Port…

Quick action at West Pier saves man from drowning

A man swept off West Pier, Port Alfred, owes his life to a combination of a quick response and determination, along with the NSRI’s Pink Buoy project. The man, in his early 20s, was spotted as waves washed him off the pier into the the…

RIDING FOR CHARITY: The motorcyclists from Ride for a Child will be at West Beach, Port Alfred, on Saturday morning

Ride for a child arrives in Port Alfred this Saturday

It must be devastating for a parent to discover their child has a life-threatening disease and even more so should the child require medication or surgery that the parents cannot afford. Although it may be a cliche, children are the…

Dogs take owners on a nice spring morning walk

The SPCA held its Spring Paws Parade on Saturday and residents were out in force to support the organisation’s fundraiser. At 11am dogs of every description and breed took their owners on either a 3.2km or 4.7km walk that began and ended…