Thursday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that, under Level 4 of the risk-adjusted strategy to be implemented from May 1, the sale of cigarettes will be permitted.
The survey also found that South Africans have largely adhered to national lockdown regulations, with the results showing that 99% of respondents either left their homes for food, medicine and social grants or stayed at home.
However, many have taken financial strain during the lockdown period, with 55% of informal settlement residents reporting they had no money for food.
In addition, over 20% of people from informal settlements and rural areas said their chronic medication was inaccessible during the lockdown.