President Cyril Ramaphosa chairs the SADC Summit in Durban as South Africa assumes leadership of the regional bloc.

MPs return for a packed parliamentary schedule, including questions to various Cabinet Ministers and the resumption of the Section 89 Impeachment Committee.

A Cabinet Lekgotla headlines the week and the Electoral Commission holds its second voter registration weekend ahead of November’s local elections.

South Africa’s inflation figures and the Reserve Bank’s interest rate decision headline the week, while Andy Burnham takes office as UK prime minister.

The FIFA World Cup concludes in New Jersey, President Ramaphosa hosts Namibian counterpart, and Mandela Day is celebrated.

With Parliament in recess and schools on holiday, President Ramaphosa’s visit to France is the main event on this week’s diary.