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Health minister Joe Phaahla has proposed ending the requirement to mask up in public, along with other COVID-19 regulations in place.
Behold, the ‘kosk’ – a portmanteau of “mask” and the Korean word for nose, “ko”.
If you want to protest against face masks in schools, that’s your right. It’s probably worth trying to educate yourself about what you’re actually protesting beforehand, though.
If you want to look mean and muzzled in the pandemic era (and perhaps long afterwards, too), then it’s worth checking out Will.i.am’s new Xupermask.
After being denied entry to a Spar outlet in Pretoria’s northern Les Marais suburb, a man first climbed onto a cash register, before returning to the scene with a petrol bomb.
We’ve all left the house without a mask before, followed by the hurried shuffle back inside to grab one. This is certainly a rather unusual approach.
Here we are, nearing a year of living under the shadow of a global pandemic, and some people still want to go to war over wearing a mask.
Following his arrest on Saturday, Craig Peiser appeared in court yesterday. At one stage, he is reported to have flung his mask at the magistrate whilst using abusive language.
One man was arrested, mask-wearing was shunned, and a familiar face popped up talking about the cabal and President Ramaphosa.
Whilst attending the funeral of minister in the presidency, Jackson Mthembu, who died from COVID-19 related complications, Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask.
Whilst healthcare workers across the US beg people to wear masks, and the country records a million new COVID-19 cases in a week, some folks don’t seem all that bothered.
It’s not really a big ask to don a face mask in order to curb the spread of a deadly virus, but perhaps bacon can win over those who still refuse to play ball.
Alecia Kitts refused to wear a face mask at a football game in Ohio, and then refused to leave when asked to do so by an officer. Enter the Taser.
Pluck a subject out of thin air, and there’s a high probability that Liam and Noel Gallagher have had, or will have, a fight about it.
Every so often, you see a video that makes you wonder how we have devolved to this point. Welcome to ‘Idiocracy’.
Fashion reflects the times, and the bandanna or scarf-mask is so hot right now. Protection-wise, however, they’re not all that practical.
We’ve seen some over the top reactions from anti-maskers in America, but this guy might just take the cake.
Reliant entirely on donated funds, Masks for Medics provides free personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers like physios, occupational therapists, carers, doctors, and registered nurses.
Wearing a face mask to the shops in order to protect those around you – good. Wearing a Nazi face mask – less so.
Your face mask should technically be washed after each use. Here’s how to do that, properly, at home.
Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a number of changes to our lockdown regulations, including a few related specifically to face masks.
The founder of a PR company trashed a mask stand and posted a range of offensive slurs and accusations on social media before her husband took action.
Public showdowns regarding face mask use are now so common that the New York Times is declaring it “the new American pastime”.
In the land of the free and the home of the brave, the battle to get Karens and Kens to wear a face mask in public rages on.
To be clear, you really should wear a face mask. Just make sure it doesn’t have one of these valves on the side.
Healthcare workers fear for their safety as new cases surge through the doors, and some medics would love for it to be a criminal offence to be caught in public without a face mask.
Things turned nasty at the Garden Route Mall in George last Thursday, when a security guard insisted that a shopper wear a face mask.
On Monday, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, played down the risk of an asymptomatic person transmitting COVID-19. This led many to dismiss face masks as necessary.
Healthcare workers? Fine. Retail workers and others in the firing line? Also fine. General members of the public who are known to be ‘small talkers’? No, stop it.