The City of Cape Town has committed to donating R60 000 a year for three years to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) through a memorandum of agreement signed with the city’s coastal management branch.
The donation will be used to compensate the NSRI for its operational costs associated with the towing of stranded marine wildlife along the city’s coastline.
“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 City's Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.
Andrews said the NSRI played a pivotal role in community education and awareness of the ocean environment.
