The time and effort invested by the Virtual Region and the Marakele Region of the SANParks Honorary Rangers in this project is starting to pay off and the first group of students have had their introduction to the wonders of nature. Let’s hope this sets the stage for a future where nature conservation is not just something that is talked about by other people but that it is the beginnings of a genuine passion and understanding of nature.

The "Taking kids to Marakele" project strives to do just that, get kids from surrounding disadvantaged communities in the parks and teach them the basics of nature conservation and sow the seed of a love for nature. This project would be run in Marakele, one of SANPark's younger parks and would start off with the communities around Thabazimbi and expand to include the close neighbours, Lephalale and Modimole or Elisras and Warmbaths as it used to be known. On 11 June 2011 TUFFSTUFF donated R20 000.00 toward this project.

The annual AAWDC CAPE TROPHY INTERCLUB FUNDAY was held on 9 October 2010 at OU TREKPAD 4x4 trail which is situated near Atlantis in the Western Cape.

A three-man recovery team responded to an SOS call from Letlhakane, Botswana and set out to recover a rolled Hilux and Novelle Overlander trailer, never suspecting that the trip would be anything other than routine. Instead, a comedy of errors ensued.

An interview with Raymond du Plessis, the man behind TUFFSTUFF, in the August issue of Risk SA highlights the importance of a properly qualified intermediary, the challenges facing intermediaries today and how to take back the market from direct insurers.

Direct insurers are now turning green, purple and pink with envy at the high level of competent and FAIS accredited staff employed in the Broking environment and are actively canvassing staff from this source. With big budget adverts being placed in an industry magazine which over many years has been strongly supported by the independent Broker. Direct insurers are now poaching staff from the very industry which they actively encourage the insuring public to ignore

Motor vehicle repair cost are escalating so fast that it seem they are in competition with the latest space shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral in an attempt to reach the international space station first