You can take your mask off – but don’t throw it away just yet. The rules around mandatory face coverings in public are changing this week.
Masks will still compulsory in certain areas in South Africa once the national state of disaster is lifted by the Department of Health.
Professor Shabir Madhi has made a bold admission this week, after he hinted that the majority of masks in SA ‘did not prevent infections’.
Professor Salim Abdool Karim told a broadcaster that mask-wearing should end, but the Department of Health doesn’t exactly agree
Weird or brilliant? A South Korean company has created the kosk, a mask that makes it easier for you to eat and drink. Take a look…
France began lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing Wednesday in a bid to ease citizens’ daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections.
It’s been a divisive topic, but is the need for mask wearing now on the wane? Scientific experts appear to think as much.
The US Supreme Court prides itself on the civility of its justices towards one another despite their often fierce legal disagreements – but that collegiality is being tested.
Springbok fans heading to Twickenham on Saturday to watch SA take on England have been encouraged to wear a ‘Rassie Erasmus’ face mask.
This might upset a few: The IEC has unveiled its tough stance on mask-wearing, ahead of SA’s Local Elections on Monday 1 November.
Busta Rhymes has accused the US government of trying to take their civil liberties away by imposing mask mandates
DJ Tira has got many people riled up after posting a video of himself performing at a packed maskless event in Maboneng over the weekend.
Advice shared by the Ministerial Advisory Committee suggests that ‘carbon dioxide retention’ is a main factor in recommending school mask breaks .
The government stopped releasing COVID-19 data in April 2020, with Magufuli saying that issuing the figures was scaring people.
Masks, banks, and queues: It’s that wonderful time of a new lockdown phase, where Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma adds her own touches to the regulations.
Pandemic fatigue has been identified as one of the phenomena that are behind the resurgence in COVID-19 infections, but what is it?
Police are expected to be out in full force to ensure people wear masks, social distance and sanitize, with students identified as top offenders.
Mask fashion ruled at the Grammys this weekend. These seven celebrities co-ordinated their face coverings with their red-carpet looks.
Talk about peculiar: Angela Anderson is making a killing by selling vagina-scented face masks in New Jersey, USA.
A woman seemingly used her thong as a mask after she did not have one while waiting in line at a grocery store in SA.
KZN SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said that while the country remained on a Level 3 lockdown, police would continue with multi-disciplinary operations to arrest citizens who do not comply with regulations.
Pick n Pay have been asked to investigate the conduct of a customer who refused to wear a mask in store, and tried to get staff to take off their PPE.
The anti-mask sentiment here is strong. Craig Peiser caused an almighty scene in the courtroom on Monday, and had to be taken away for psychiatric tests.
A video that’s been dubbed ‘disturbing’ shows a man taking off his mask and deliberately coughing on lift buttons.
Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane is not the only one in trouble. A police officer is also the subject of an investigation.