Walker Bay Nature Reserve has been recognised with a Green Coast Award for the 2025/26 season, confirming its spot as one of the Western Cape’s best-managed natural coastal sites. …
When South African singers hit the streets, magic always happens. Hermanus, South Africa (31 October 2025) – Residents and visitors strolling around the sleepy town of Hermanus were treated…
Over the past weekend, NSRI rescue crews responded to a series of near-drowning incidents where lives were saved by the swift intervention of Good Samaritans on canoes and surfboards, alongside…
Two Good Samaritans leapt into cold waters to rescue a swimmer swept up in a rip current; thanks to two pink buoys, their rescue was a success. Hermanus, South…
Connor Lewis stunned Hermanus by creating an app in two hours that calculates the exact solar power needed to charge any electric vehicle. Hermanus, South Africa (27 August 2025)…
Township puppy Fhatu found himself in a predicament. A foster home eagerly awaited him, but it was all the way in another town. In need of a ride and a…
Wondering through a gallery in Hermanus, Dominique discovered ‘My Mona Lisa’—a threaded portrait that looked oddly, and beautifully familiar. Well, that’s because it was an artwork of her! A real-life…
Buffel the elephant seal (and local sealebrity) has what some might call guardian angels on the lookout during his ‘holiday’ in Hermanus. Thanks to these hero volunteers, Buffel’s very vulnerable…
Southern Elephant Seal Buffel has returned to the Cape yet again for his annual haul! A rare sighting in our part of the world and from a rare species, here’s…
As they so often do, NSRI Rescuers added some calm to the chaos; rescuing and evacuating multiple people, animals and a parrot across the many flood-impacted regions of the Western…
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