Religious South Africans opt to avoid places of worship

White plastic chairs are sprayed down with sanitiser and a smartly dressed cleaner says a prayer while dusting before a first service in her church in more than nine weeks.

President Cyril Ramaphosa gave places of worship across the country the green light to reopen as from June 1 provided that they could satisfy appropriate Covid-19 self-regulation measures...

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