Speaker, on the issue of the foster care grant, I wish to say, firstly, that we need to thank the government of the ANC for making available support to children across racial lines.
Secondly, I wish to state that, up to now, 500 000 children are receiving the foster care grant. There is a backlog because the Children's Act that was passed last year in April stipulates that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has to be involved in the process of review, more especially because we want to protect children from violence and other social ills such as trafficking.
We all know that in 2006, social work was declared as a scarce skill, and we have embarked on the process of retaining and recruiting social workers. Up to now, we have offered 5 000 bursaries to students from various communities, and 3 000 are already working in social development in different civil society organisations. We are also bringing back retired social workers, and the matter will be finalised at the end of September.
Thirdly, we are recruiting social auxiliary workers and childcare workers because we need a number of people to deal with this issue.