Safely Home is the road safety campaign of the Western Cape Government. Safely Home was established by Robin Carlisle, Minister for Transport and Public Works, at the beginning of 2009. Safely Home's goal is to halve the death rate on Western Cape roads by the end of 2014. As of December 2011, fatalities on Western Cape roads were down more than 20%. … [Read more...]
Hout Bay Plane Crash?
3 April, 2010 By Leave a Comment
On Friday 2 April at approximately 14h55 the NSRI were informed by a local newspaper that they had received a report of a small aeroplane crashed into the sea in Hout Bay. [ad#Google Adsense 125x125 Blog Post]On investigation it was determined that a Micro-Light aircraft had gone into the surf near Dunes Restaurant but the pilot had been rescued by an unidentified rubber-duck and the Micro-Light had been recovered by bystanders and no further assistance was required. The pilot, who was not … [Read more...]
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Report of Aeroplane Crash Turns out to be a Paddler in Difficulty
5 October, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Agulhas, 04th October, 2009. Shane Kempen, NSRI Agulhas station commander said: "At 09h25 NSRI Agulhas were alerted following eye-witness reports of a light aircraft, reportedly a Cessna, crashed into the sea 200 metres off-shore of Struisbaai harbour and further reports of debris from the crashed plane floating in the water. [ad#Google Adsense 125x125 Blog Post]"We immediately began investigations into the matter while activating our NSRI Agulhas volunteer duty crew and while activating the … [Read more...]
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