The Circuit Minister in the Presbyterian Church of Africa in the Western Cape, the Reverend Mkhuseli Dukwana, who has recovered from COVID-19 says failure to wear a mask in public is tantamount to committing suicide. And the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Thabo Makgoba, is calling on citizens to wear masks in public all the time - even in their homes when necessary.

In exclusive interviews with our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent, the two religious leaders shared how their churches have been affected by the coronavirus.