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Sune Payne

Cape Town

Journalist at Daily Maverick

Eye-rolls for a living. Piscean. Story-teller. Writer. Journalist with @dailymaverick : [email protected] Lives in Cape Town.

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  • Finance committee adopts fiscal framework, despite MK, EFF rejections

    3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne

    PARLIAMENT Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana (right) and National Treasury Director-General Duncan Pieterse during the adoption in Parliament of the fiscal framework and revenue proposals. (Photo: Phando Jikelo / RSA Parliament) After multiple false starts, a key aspect of the 2025 Budget was adopted in Parliament on Wednesday, with the support of the ANC and DA. When the second iteration of the 2025 Budget came before Parliament’s finance committee in April, the divisions in the Government...

  • What is happening in Cape Town’s council?

    5 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne

    In a council sitting, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis showed an image of National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams holding a gun, which has prompted the latest in a back-and-forth between the party and the DA. The National Coloured Congress (NCC) has claimed Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis “crossed every ethical line” by showing a picture of its leader, Fadiel Adams, holding a gun during a council meeting.

  • Governance of Matzikama wrested from DA/EFF+ by new coalition

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne

    ‘A long time coming’ is how Thursday's council change in Matzikama was described. The new governing ANC/Good/EFF/PA coalition has promised to focus on service delivery. A new coalition government took office in the Matzikama municipality on Thursday and said it would focus on delivering services in a part of the Western Cape that has made headlines over service delivery problems.

  • Fraud charges against Malusi Booi in R1bn tender case dropped, for now

    2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne

    NEWSFLASH   Malusi Booi and nine of his co-accused during the bail application at Cape Town Magistrates Court on 17 September 2024.

  • Unhappiness inside and outside GNU over fuel levy increase

    2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne |Nonkululeko Njilo

    BUDGET 3.0 REACTION   Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget Speech at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 21 May.

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Latest @dailymaverick story, working with the amazing and talented @Nkulee_Njilo ‘tough balancing act’, but there’s unhappiness inside and outside GNU over fuel levy increase https://t.co/kGxUf9ydjs