This nation faces a severe shortage of social workers. As part of our response to this challenge, we will continue to provide funding to students who aspire to a career in social work. Accordingly, we have increased the allocation for social work bursaries to R210 million during the current financial year. [Applause.] To this end, we have given bursaries to over 6 420 students to register for courses in social work at several institutions of higher learning.