South Africa hooker Adriaan Strauss will miss two home Tests against Wales next month after he was given a three-week suspension from all forms of rugby on Tuesday by a disciplinary hearing.

"Adriaan's suspension means we've lost another one of the leaders in our squad for some time," Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said in a statement release on Tuesday.

Strauss pleaded guilty of lifting Stormers winger Kobus van Wyk off the ground in a tackle and failing to bring him down safely in the Cheetahs' 33-0 defeat at Newlands on Saturday.

The 28-year-old Strauss will miss South Africa's match against a World XV on June 7 and two Tests against Wales.

He will be available to play Scotland on June 28.