President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement on Tuesday night.

Ramaphosa said where these rituals formed an essential part of religious practices, sanitation was of paramount importance.

Citizens have reacted with mixed feeling to this new development.

They took to social media to share their views.

Dlamini-Zuma is expected to reveal finer details of Level 3 lockdown during the briefing.

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