The City of Cape Town will donate R60 000 for the next three years to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI).
The donation will be facilitated through the Memorandum of
Agreement (MoA) signed by the City’s Coastal Management Branch.
The city says the NSRI will be compensated for the
operational costs associated with the towing of marine life.
According to the Metro, the MoA can be renewed at the end
of January 2026.
“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,” said the deputy mayor and
mayoral committee member for spatial planning and environment, Alderman Eddie
Andrews.
He added that the City valued the good relations it had
with the NSRI and wanted to keep building on this partnership to enhance ocean
safety and responses to marine emergencies.
The NSRI has welcomed the donation.
“Our NSRI volunteers, on duty 24 hours a day every day of
the year, are proud to be part of the primary response network that make up the
CoCT Marine Animal Stranding Network and this financial contribution benefits
these combined efforts in making a difference as one community with this shared
common goal,’’ said NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson.
Picture: City of Cape Town
Done by: Alungile Njemla
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