Ten people have drowned along Port Elizabeth beaches since the beginning of the summer holidays. Two more are still missing. During the same period 16 people have drowned In KwazuluNatal in Richards Bay, Ramsgate and Port Shepstone http://youtu.be/6dnxK2Xmsjs Creator: sabcdigitalnews Posted to MyPE by: Alan Straton Submit your favourite Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch videos for consideration for publication on MyPE by filling in the form below: Click here to see more PE Videos. … [Read more...] about Ten people have drowned along Port Elizabeth beaches
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The Beach of Death
Stop and ask yourself; "Why when there is a shark scare on any of SA's beaches, media all over the world dedicate reams of column centimetres to it, but, when people drown almost daily on a stretch of our coastline we couldn't give a rats ass?" So ridiculous have we become that even when the Waka Waka singer had a Kaka Kaka moment whilst being "nearly attacked by a 'Sea Lion' in Cape Town" (See: Cape Town is Trending on Twitter Today) the media and social media sites went crazy talking about … [Read more...] about The Beach of Death
Man swept overboard during yacht race in Algoa Bay
Saturday and Sunday, 28 and 29 January 2012 saw local Port Elizabeth NSRI save a man from drowning rescue a man swept overboard during a yacht race, successfully resuscitate one man and one man is missing following drowning. Justin Erasmus, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander, said; "At 08h25 on Saturday 28 January, NSRI Port Elizabeth volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports from Coastal Rescue of a man being swept out to sea at Brighton Beach, North of Port … [Read more...] about Man swept overboard during yacht race in Algoa Bay
22 Drownings Recorded in first 8 days of 2012
A total of 22 deaths from water related accidents and drowning accidents around the South African coast have been recorded since the beginning of 2012. This figure does not include 4 people reportedly still missing from flood related incidents in Kwa-Zulu Natal and does not include 3 people who died following a boating accident at Bronkhorspruit. While official statistics are kept by the Medical Research Council NSRI can confirm that of these 22 deaths a total of 6 persons are still missing, … [Read more...] about 22 Drownings Recorded in first 8 days of 2012
