Deputy Speaker, we would not be engaging or embarking on these extensive campaigns if all was well. That is why, given the target that has been set of 30 000 artisans per annum by 2030, we have started embarking on these advocacy campaigns. This includes declaring 2013 as the year of the artisan. The reason why I am crisscrossing the country, going to the different schools, is to encourage young people to consider taking up careers using these skills. Of course, what we are getting when we arrive at these schools, Prof Lotriet, through you Deputy Speaker, is that young people are not aware of these kinds of professions or the kinds of skills we are telling them about. It means we must intensify the campaign. We must disseminate as much information as possible to the rural areas and to schools - high schools in particular - because those are the learners who must still make decisions and considerations about the careers that they wish to pursue.
Therefore, I am saying, Prof Lotriet, you are correct that the numbers may be low but with the efforts, strides and all these advocacy campaigns that we have embarked upon, we are clearly turning the tide. We hope that at least by 2030 we would have met the target if not before. Hence, I am even saying here - without having made a public pronouncement on the issue of the decade of the artisan, which is 2014 to 2024 - this again is another programme that will help us get the message across. Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker.