Sune Payne
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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6 days ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne
During a debate around the impact of global white supremacist movements on white nationalism in South Africa, political parties — and social media — came under fire for fanning divisions in the country. Divisions are being fuelled by social media in South Africa (SA), which has become coordinated, claimed MPs on Friday, 9 May, as they debated the influence of global white supremacist movements on white nationalism in SA.
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne
South Africa-China relations once again came under the spotlight in the Western Cape Legislature as the fallout over the banning from China of MEC Ivan Meyer continues. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says he has met both MEC Ivan Meyer and Chinese officials over the ongoing fallout in the provincial legislature over Meyer’s ban from visiting China, after a trip to Taiwan. Winde revealed this during a debate in the legislature on Thursday, 8 May on Meyer’s ban, which dates back to January.
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne
Months after a raid at his City of Cape Town office, JP Smith claims the South African Police Service’s ‘actions have damaged my reputation and constrained my ability to work properly’. Now he’s taking them to court, claiming the raids were based on false information in affidavits.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Sune Payne
As the deadline looms for public comment on the City of Cape Town’s 2025/2026 draft budget, several questions have been raised over the proposed levies and increases. Daily Maverick explains what’s going on. With public participation closing on Friday, 2 May 2025, for the City of Cape Town’s draft 2025/2026 budget, there has been an outcry from both political parties and civic organisations about the planned tariff increases.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Kristin Engel |Sune Payne
While helicopters have been grounded due to poor visibility in the ongoing fires in Cape Town, work to contain the fires and assist the vulnerable, including affected wildlife, continues. On Tuesday, 29 April 2025, with light rain beginning to trickle down upon approximately 3,000 hectares that had been burnt by the Tokai fire in Cape Town, SPCA inspectors continued to traverse the blackened and smouldering area in search of wildlife that had been caught in the blaze.
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