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Out for the count: A team from Statistics South Africa counts the transient population as the 2022 census kicks off with census night in Marabastad, Pretoria, on 2 February. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images)
2022 CENSUS

2022 census discriminates against LGBTQIA+ community

LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex

  • Cassandra Roxburgh
7 min read
Luxury: South Africa’s two-tier healthcare system offers selective protection to those who can afford medical aid contributions, co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses. (Photo Archive)
GENDER

Happiness is … gender-affirming surgery

‘I can feel the pain, yes. But the excitement itself counteracts the pain’

  • Carl Collison
3 min read
Waiting game: Groote Schuur’s Dr Kevin Adams is the only surgeon in the country who can craft a penis from vaginal tissue.
GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY

‘Ambassadors’ for trans surgery rally for better services

The inaccessibility to gender-affirming surgery is discouraging to transgender people seeking these services

  • Carl Collison
5 min read