[1] It had 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.

These readers are predominantly black, English-literate with high-school or further education, and working-class earners – the economic core of South Africa.

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.

[5] In June 2024, Moneyweb reported the newspaper would cease print in October.