Diplomatic efforts to resolve Ukraine conflict intensify while at home, a R4bn fuel levy comes into effect.

Ramaphosa faces questions in Parliament and SA Reserve Bank makes interest rate decision.

The President’s White House visit takes centre stage as Finance Minister aims to get third Budget passed.

Afrikaner ‘refugees’ arrive in US, Pope Leo XIV inaugurated, and key health conference opens.

As Parliament resumes with key debates and committee meetings, global attention turns to the Vatican and a fragile truce in Ukraine.

While South Africa pauses for Freedom Day and Worker’s Day, voters head to the polls in Canada, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Romania, the UK, and – back at home – in KwaZulu-Natal, where a key by-election takes place.