The Daily Sun is a tabloid daily newspaper in South Africa. It has a circulation of more than 28,006 copies – making it the second largest daily newspaper in the country to the Sunday Times in terms of largest circulation among all papers.

In addition to its print publication, the Daily Sun has also transitioned to digital, with a monthly pageview count of 4.7 million and an active user base of 3 million in 2023.

The Daily Sun was launched on 1 July 2002 by Media24, a division of the Naspers 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 in Randburg, Johannesburg, but is printed countrywide. It is now overseen by Editor Amos Mananyetso , who took up the role in 2022.

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)[4]
SunBuzz (Mon-Fri)
SunWheels (Mon)
SunDefender (Thu)
SunWellbeing (Thu)
SunAbility (Thu)
Lifestyle (Mon-Sun)
SunStokvel (Fri)

Most readers are black, English – literate with high – school or further education, as well as working-class earners – they are the economic core of South Africa.