When will South Africa stop wearing masks

News analysis. As of Wednesday, you no longer need to wear a face mask in South Africa, not indoors and not on public transport. Cloth is tricky to recycle, ...

By entirely repealing swathes of post-lockdown regulations, Phaahla gave up the power to turn the mask mandate on and off as he sees fit. He can, however, reimpose masks through a new mandate at any time, and make them legally required again through a gazetted notice drawing on his powers to deal with highly infectious diseases. - As of Wednesday, you no longer need to wear a face mask in South Africa, not indoors and not on public transport.