The ''Daily Sun'' is a tabloid daily newspaper in South Africa. With a circulation of over 287,000 daily sales in 2013, it is South Africa's largest daily paper, and second only to the '' Sunday Times'' in terms of largest circulation among all papers.

History

The ''Daily Sun'' was launched on 1 July 2002 by

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, a division of the

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group. It was the brainchild of veteran journalist, Deon du Plessis, who remained its publisher and minority shareholder until 11 September 2011, when he died suddenly at his Johannesburg home. The newspaper is based at Media Park in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, but is printed countrywide. It is now overseen by Publisher Jeremy Gordin, who took up the role in 2013. It targets readers in and around the major urban centres. These readers are predominantly black, English-literate with high-school or further education, and working-class earners – the economic core of South Africa.

Supplements

*SunSport (Mon-Fri) *SunBuzz (Mon-Fri) *SunWheels (Mon) *SunDefender (Thu) *SunWellbeing (Thu) *SunAbility (Thu) *Lifestyle (Mon-Sun) *SunStokvel (Fri)

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* Afrikaans-language newspapers Afrikaner culture in Johannesburg Daily newspapers published in South Africa 2002 establishments in South Africa Newspapers established in 2002 Mass media in Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-newspaper-stub