Health regulations expire at midnight
4 May 2022
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today reminded the public that the 30-day extension of the Covid-19 regulations will expire at midnight.
This entails that, unless the government makes another one of its late-night announcements, no one will be required to wear masks or comply with any other Covid-19 regulations from tomorrow as no such regulations would exist and be enacted.
Government initially extended the regulations for 30 days after the National State of Disaster came to an end in order to implement permanent regulations in this regard.
Should the government go ahead with their plans to permanently enshrine these regulations in law, AfriForum together with the public participation platform DearSA, will launch court action against governments’ proposed regulations issued in terms of the National Health Act 61 of 2003 and the International Health Regulations Act 28 of 1974.