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This year’s State of the Province Address by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde heralded an important step forward for support to parents and families, and to prevent violence in the province. Winde announced on 16 February that 3 000 families would have access to parenting programmes annually. In her budget speech on 29 March, provincial minister for Social Development Sharna Fernandez indicated that this would entail the allocation of R45-million over the next three years to pilot the implementation of evidence-informed parenting programmes. Western Cape is the only province in the country that has made a significant investment of State funds, earmarked for these programmes.