The City of Cape Town will be donating R60 000 per year, for the next three years, to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). This donation is to compensate the non-profit organisation for their operational costs associated with the towing of marine wildlife that get stranded along the city’s vast coastline.
The donation to the NSRI is facilitated through a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that has been signed with the City’s Coastal Management Branch.
‘The NSRI is always helping out with their vessels when whales get stranded on our beaches or rocks. The donation will assist with their fuel and operational costs. R60 000 may not seem like a lot of money, but we believe it will still make a huge difference. The NSRI offers an invaluable service to the public and Cape Town in general when it comes to marine emergencies, and even if all of this money is not used for the towing of marine animals, it will still be spent on worthy causes as the NSRI deems fit.
‘I also want to add that we value our good relations with the NSRI and want to keep on building on this partnership to enhance ocean safety and responses to marine emergencies. The NSRI has a pivotal role to play when it comes to community education and awareness of the ocean environment,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.
The MoA is valid until 31 January 2026, and may be renewed at the end of this period.
