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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"Let them return that whole order": Woman stunned by Buffalo International's bill, SA advises

People

a year ago

"Every woman's dream": Young lady buys her grandmother a wedding ring, SA touched

Family and Relationships

a year ago

"Must be a taxi owner's instruction": Khayelitsha pimped minibus has SA entertained

People

a year ago

“Someone Tag SPCA”: Woman Captures His Dog After Applying Makeup on Him, SA’s in Stitch

People

a year ago

"First, I thought it was a funeral": Woman's black-themed wedding leaves SA astonished

Family and Relationships

a year ago

"It's so nice and clean": Woman shows off her shack after moving in 7 months ago, SA's impressed

People

a year ago

"Just buy flexible rods": Woman's clothing iron and toothbrush hair hack fails to impress

People

a year ago

A babe shared a video of her making her hair curly without burning it with electric curling irons on TikTok. The hair tip did not excite some TikTok users.

"Please come arrest me": Gorgeous police woman has men ready to go to jail, SA entertained

People

a year ago

A pretty police officer had men impressed by her beauty after sharing a video of herself wearing a uniform on TikTok's video streaming platform.

"Flexing with a car would make sense": Groovists flex their licenses at a party, SA's unimpressed

People

a year ago

A video of three locals flexing their licence cards at the groove received much criticism online. Mzansi peeps were unimpressed, asking them to shoe in their cars.

"It was the wives' idea": Married couple spotted wearing matching clothes, SA's in stitches

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A TikTok user shared an amusing video of two couples talking around the mall in Cape Town. The wives and husbands looked cute in matching clothes.

"As long as you're happy": Woman marries UK man few months after meeting on dating site, SA's divided

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A young mother of one celebrated her traditional and white wedding to a man from the UK she met online on the video streaming platform TikTok and got many comments.

"Such speed scares me": Man pays lobola 3 months after meeting woman, SA's divided

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A TikTok user set tongues wagging after sharing that a man she met in September had paid lobola for her. The post attracted mixed reviews from social media users.

"Is your Mercedes broken?": Taxi drivers tease a man wearing full Gucci drip, SA's in two ways

People

a year ago

An Instagram account shared a video of a man wearing Gucci drip from head to toe and being teased by a taxi driver at a taxi rank. The post unsettled others.

"You deserve a promotion": Restaurant waiter's warm gesture leaves bride-to-be in tears, SA moved

People

a year ago

A TikTok user working as a waiter in a restaurant shared a moving video of her singing for a lady celebrating her bridal shower. The post touched Mzansi peeps.

"Nightshift workers for sure": Woman captured sleeping passengers in a taxi, SA speculates

People

a year ago

A TikTok user left social media users rolling with laughter after sharing a video taken in a taxi with sleeping commuters. Many said one of them was pregnant.

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