The DA calls on the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, to lift the regulation that masks should be worn in schools, and to Gazette it as a matter of urgency. The DA has long called for this irrational regulation to be scrapped as several South African health experts have repeatedly explained that the risks of the mandate to learners outweigh any possible benefits.
Democratic Alliance (DA) head of policy Gwen Ngwenya expressed on Thursday, after lengthy consultation with public health experts, her party’s strong support for Covid-19 vaccination to protect against hospitalization and death, however, she stresses that the DA is strongly opposed to mandatory vaccination. “Evidence is emerging that vaccines are less effective at preventing transmission, as waves of infection are still occurring amongst highly vaccinated populations,” she said in a statement.