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A former lifeguard rescued a bather caught in a rip current on the Garden Route at the weekend. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/mihtiander
MIKE VONK

Drowning student saved in the surf by former lifeguard

A 22-year-old man swept out to sea by a rip current along the Garden Route was saved from drowning after being rescued by a former lifeguard at Victoria Bay. Volker Winterbach, 19, who was visiting the area from Still Bay with friends,…

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A surfer almost drowned at the surfing spot Granny’s Pool near St Francis Bay on Thursday. Image: 123rf.com/Alina McCullen
NATIONAL SEA RESCUE INSTITUTE NSRI

Surfer’s hair almost leads to her drowning in the Eastern Cape

A surfer almost drowned on Thursday afternoon in the Eastern Cape after her hair got caught up in her surfboard leash. National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) St Francis Bay station commander Sara Jane Smith said in a media statement on…

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