We continue to see Caster Semenya rising above her challenges and refusing to be defeated by matters off the racing track. Her resolve and tenacity gives us hope as South Africans to unite for a common cause and reason to support her even more. Our department remains fully behind Caster as she challenges a female classification rule imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federation, IAAF, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS. It remains the stance of the department that Ms Semenya, like all other athletes, is entitled to compete the way she was born without being obliged to alter her body by any medical means.