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November commitment to Trust exceeds expectations!!  The November 2011 commitment to the Unite against Poaching trust will be .......

R543 000 !!!

Rhino fever hits Strijdom Park Volkswagen!!  Here is their latest aquisition, how robust is this rhino!!

Read more: Breaking news!!

Final figures are still to be verified, but rumours are this will be a bumper month for the Unite against Poaching trust fund!

Well done to all the sales teams and the heroes who support the cause!!!

Watch this space!!

What an honour it was to experience the handover of the R1.7 million of equipment to the Section Rangers of the Kruger National Park.

The mountains of equipment was carefully catalogued and each section's equipment was stacked separately so that they were able to check it all out before taking delivery. To see the array of kit needed by the rangers to enable them to spend time in the bush while fighting the poachers was amazing. Such basic necessities, but viewed on such an enormous scale was an incredible experience. It felt like a military operation unfolding, which it probably is more akin to than we like to think.

Read more: Equipment Handover to SANParks, 3 November 2011

Well done to all who made this dream a reality. I urge everyone of us to put the equipment  to good use and help us rid our country of the scourge of rhino poaching.

Dr David Mabunda (PhD), CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARK

Thank you so much for the generosity you have shown to us and I hope with this equipment, we will do more in combating Rhino poaching and other poaching related matters. On behalf of the N/North region, I would like to thanks you for all you did to us. We are proud of you.  Albert Machaba,  Regional Ranger: Nxanatseni North

I can only say “thank you” for we have good partners.  Hector Magome

Read more: Some SANParks responses to the Equipment Handover

Handover of R 1.75 million equipment to SANParks Anti-poaching field rangers

On 3^rd November 2011 in Phalaborwa, equipment to the value of R1.75 million, will be handed over to the various field rangers operating in the Kruger National Park. The funding for the equipment forms part of the UNITE against Poaching initiative which Unitrans VW and Audi have embarked on to support counter poaching in SANParks. The basic kit will equip the rangers to operate in the bush for an extended period without having to return to their base camps. The ability to remain in the bush overnight for longer periods will greatly enhance their ability to track would be poachers.

The equipment comprising some basic essentials including water bottles, tents, ground sheets, camping mattresses, rucksacks, field cooking sets, head lamps, rain suits and first aid kits as well as some camouflage equipment. One assumes that basic field equipment is a given, but to equip the approximately 400 field rangers in the anti-poaching units across the park with the basics is an extremely costly exercise.

Read more: R 1.75 million of equipment to fight poaching!