Bongiwe Mati

Education: BA Honours, BA Language & Communication (Linguistics, Communication, Women & Gender Studies) 2002-2005 /2021

Experience: Freelancer at UWC campus newspaper (2005), Sales Executive at Leadership Magazine (2007-2009), Editorial Assistant and writer for BONA magazine (2023-2024), Briefly News (2024 -Present)

Bongiwe Mati is a Human Interest reporter who joined Briefly News in August 2024. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree from the University of the Western Cape. Her journalism journey began in 2005 at the university newspaper. She later transitioned to marketing and sales at Leadership Magazine under Cape Media (2007-2009). In 2023, she joined BONA magazine as an Editorial Assistant, contributing to digital and print platforms across current news, entertainment, and human interest categories. Bongiwe can be reached at bongiwe.mati@briefly.co.za

2923 articles published since 08 Aug 2024

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"My husband can't have enough of it": Panarottis chicken and wings pizza has SA's drooling

People

a year ago

"Waiting for 'hi I'm dead": Family does TikTok challenge after grandpa dies, SA is defeated

Family and Relationships

a year ago

"They were judging him": Young groovist goes clubbing in graduation regalia, SA entertained

People

a year ago

"Doing these this year": Woman visits black-owned vineyards in Cape Town, SA wowed

Family and Relationships

a year ago

"Get a licence, sis": Man forced to nap on side of the road as girlfriend can't drive, SA amused

Family and Relationships

a year ago

"I'd be a vegetarian": Woman shocked by R5,600 steak bill in South Korea, SA is in disbelief

People

a year ago

"What a lucky woman": Man saves money daily to take bae on vacation, SA impressed

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A man determined to take her woman on a baecation in December showed off his second dating savings amount of R50 motivating many social media users.

"This is not black tax": 28-Year-old woman builds mom home in 7 months, SA's touched

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A young lady brought tears to her mother's eyes when she surprised her with a house she had been building without her knowledge in a new area, and SA was touched.

"Zulu gents or nothing": Handsome nurse has SA women seeing a potential husband

People

a year ago

A young gentleman working as a nursing siter at a hospital shared a video of him in uniform at his workplace and SA women could not get over his good looks.

"No grandkids, just them": Mkhulu takes gogo on a romantic date at KFC, SA's moved

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A woman took a video of a mkhulu and gogo who were dining at KFC and shared it on TikTok. The video went viral attracting thousands of comments from Mzansi peeps.

"That's why it is R59": Temu blender purchase shows woman flames, SA's entertained

People

a year ago

A young lady bought a blender on Temu for R59, but it refuses to work correctly. It eventually stopped working even though she had fully charged it.

"Please don't give up": Woman shares journey of entering Miss SA 3 times, SA's touched

People

a year ago

A lady shared her experience as a Miss SA contestant for three different years. She went as far as the top 15, and social media users advised her to try again.

"You know how to mine blessings, Fanas": Grandson takes Gogo on a beach outing, SA's moved

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A loving grandson took his gogo to the beach on a day of relaxation and shared a clip of the experience online. His post received massive love from Mzansi peeps.

"We salute you mama": Woman buys own place after leaving 19-year marriage, SA's impressed

People

a year ago

After being married for 19 years, a woman left her marital home and big cars and bought herself a shack, which she made a home for herself and her kids.

"Kwena's not serious in life": Woman's stressful driving lesson has Mzansi in stitches

People

a year ago

A lady panicked while on a driving lesson and pressed the accelerator, reaching a faster speed as the instructor took a video of her, which was shared online.

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