The NSRI has reached a proud new milestone. With the official opening of Club Med South Africa Beach & Safari on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Saturday, 4 July, our lifeguards are now keeping guests safe across the resort’s pools, dam and beach, and creating skilled local employment in the process
A proud milestone for the NSRI
This past Saturday, 4 July, Club Med South Africa Beach & Safari officially opened on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, and we are proud to be keeping guests safe in the water
Following a formal tender process, the NSRI was appointed to deliver professional water safety and lifeguarding services across the resort’s water environments, including a dam, six swimming pools and the public beach, where our lifeguards work alongside KwaDukuza Municipality lifeguards
At the heart of this milestone are 40 lifeguards, mostly locals, all trained and certified by the NSRI. Beyond keeping guests safe, the programme creates skilled employment and builds long-term water safety capacity on the North Coast, at a time when growing tourism and recreational water activity make professional water safety more important than ever
Many people know the NSRI for dramatic rescues at sea, and that will always be central to who we are. But our mission is equally about drowning prevention: keeping people safe before an emergency happens. Lifeguarding, water safety education, survival swimming and public rescue equipment are all part of the same lifesaving mission
As CEO Mike Vonk put it: “This is exactly where the NSRI should be, helping to shape safer water environments before incidents happen.”
Because where people gather around water, safety must be planned and professional.
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