The COVID-19 pandemic re-emphasised health protocols in combatting a pandemic, including the wearing of masks. This is an integrated approach (Exploratory, Persuasive and Policy Memorandum), as the impact of mask wearing remains medically speculative, lacking constitutional clarity and largely unmeasured. The science on the efficacy of face masks is also not pervasive. Globally, governments and health authorities contemplated Public Policy and disaster management protocols instead of health legislation in handling the lethal transmission and the mandatory wearing of masks "for the protection of others". This article is contextualised within the Public Policy framework and is informed by epidemiological analysis in a defined population resulting in the "herd mentality" of wearing masks. The article is framed within the legislative framework of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) and the Constitution and is modelled u