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Sune Payne

Cape Town

Journalist at Daily Maverick

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

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  • South Africans are not your crash test dummies

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis |Sune Payne |Lerato Mutsila |Ethan Van Diemen

    By Estelle Ellis, Suné Payne, Lerato Mutsila and Ethan van Diemen By Estelle Ellis, Suné Payne, Lerato Mutsila and Ethan van Diemen | 17 April 2025 Drivers who are under the influence of alcohol this Easter holiday period will get harsher treatment, says transport minister, but details are scant. A new strategy to combat the sky-high number of drunk drivers on South Africa’s roads will be tested for the first time this Easter after a disastrous festive season four months ago, the Department...

  • Reduced rainfall predicted for winter, but the Western Cape stands ready for any disaster

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

    CAPE OF STORMS   Huge waves smash against the breakwater in Anchor Bay on 8 July 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.

  • ‘Historic’ new inner-city housing announced for Cape Town CBD

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

    After many years and multiple attempts, there are now fixed plans for three mixed-use developments that will bring social housing to the Cape Town CBD. “Historic” is how Western Cape Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers described the unveiling of the first provincial government-led housing development in Cape Town’s CBD. On Tuesday, 8 April, the provincial government unveiled the Leeuloop Precinct Development as part of three new inner-city housing projects. Don't want to see this?

  • ‘The most beautiful country in the world’ - De Lille punts local tourism

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

    The Department of Tourism launched a ‘local is lekker’ campaign ahead of the Easter holiday season, amid concerns about the impact on the SA market of attacks by US leaders. Speaking at the Department of Tourism’s Easter holiday launch on Monday, Minister Patricia de Lille said, “We’ve got the most beautiful country in the world.

  • Tyhido appointment to Cape Town city council is ‘strategic’, says ANC

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

    One week after a chaotic City of Cape Town meeting where ANC caucus leader Banele Majingo resigned – just before he was due to table a motion of no confidence in city council Speaker Felicity Purchase – and then joined the DA, the ANC will fill the vacancy with its regional chair in a bid not only to strengthen the caucus but also to start momentum for next year’s municipal elections.

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19 Apr 25

RT @hg_fanboy: Happy one month to the most devastating book I’ve read 💔 https://t.co/86sSizxlDl

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17 Apr 25

Of course these images are by the great @fdlangamandla The township at dawn: A quiet order in the morning rush https://t.co/6yJgvpbINx via @dailymaverick