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Hilary Sekgota

Education: Diploma in Journalism, Varsity College (2008-2010), BA in Communications Science, UNISA (2015-2018), Google News Initiative training (2024), Currently: BA Honours in Integrated Organisational Communication, UNISA (From 2024)

Experience: Briefly News (2022-present), Junior Editor at Crosskeys Professional Services (2016-2020), Assistant Producer at Letsema La Tsela (2011-2013), Journalist at Tshwane Sun (2010-2011)

Awards: Top performer 2023 by Briefly News

Hilary Sekgota is the Head of the Human Interest desk at Briefly News. She completed a BA in Communication Science from Unisa in 2018 and a Diploma in Journalism from Varsity College in 2010. She also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Hilary joined the Briefly News team in 2022 and started her journalism career at Tshwane Sun. She has 14 years of experience covering current affairs and human interest topics. Email: hilary.sekgota@briefly.co.za

3074 articles published since 22 Aug 2022

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Hilarious video of grown man in adult nappy has online people laughing for days

Hilarious video of grown man in adult nappy has online people laughing for days

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Hawks arrest woman for embezzling R3.6 million from Limpopo school

Hawks arrest woman for embezzling R3.6 million from Limpopo school

South Africa

3 years ago

Man commits suicide after admitting he sold feeding scheme food meant for needy children

Man commits suicide after admitting he sold feeding scheme food meant for needy children

South Africa

3 years ago

Mzansi Men Share Irresistible Traits About Women That Gives Them Courage To Approach Them

Mzansi Men Share Irresistible Traits About Women That Gives Them Courage To Approach Them

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Absa & Dis-Chem promised community of Jagersfontein R200 000, SA hopes funds won't get looted

Absa & Dis-Chem promised community of Jagersfontein R200 000, SA hopes funds won't get looted

South Africa

3 years ago

Pearl Thusi's daughter amazes peep with her unique accent on TikTok

Pearl Thusi's daughter amazes peep with her unique accent on TikTok

Celebrities

3 years ago

SK Khoza Is nominated for ‘Drama Queen of the Year’ at the Feather Awards

SK Khoza Is nominated for ‘Drama Queen of the Year’ at the Feather Awards

Celebrities

3 years ago

SK Khoza is nominated for Drama Queen of the Year at the Feather Awards. The actor earned the nod with his many controversies that have grabbed SA headlines.

Teenagers arrested for conning people on Facebook Marketplace into they are clients

Teenagers arrested for conning people on Facebook Marketplace into they are clients

South Africa

3 years ago

Six teenagers were arrested by the police while they were in the process of robbing someone. They were running an elaborate long con on Facebook Marketplace.

Trevor Noah's farewell episode of 'The Daily Show' will be aired in December

Trevor Noah's farewell episode of 'The Daily Show' will be aired in December

Celebrities

3 years ago

Trevor Noah will be leaving the Daily Show in December after hosting the show for seven years. Fans are sad to see him leave so suddenly after his announcement.

SASSA grant recipients unhappy agency will be moving its online system

SASSA grant recipients unhappy agency will be moving its online system

South Africa

3 years ago

SASSA is migrating its online system to a new one to be able to offer better services to grant recipients. Grant applications will be interrupted for 2 weeks.

Massive fight breaks out at shopping store with men & women attacking each other

Massive fight breaks out at shopping store with men & women attacking each other

US

3 years ago

A bunch of people started attacking each other at a convenience store going full throttle with anger. The whole saga was recorded and posted on social media.

Oskido trends for his video collaboration with TikTok star Primo

Oskido trends for his video collaboration with TikTok star Primo

Celebrities

3 years ago

Oskido teamed up with TikTok content creator Primo to make a funny video that Mzansi can't get enough of. Peeps think Oskido is one of the best creators in SA.

Woman on Twitter shared that boyfriend dumped her because of poor English

Woman on Twitter shared that boyfriend dumped her because of poor English

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman was heartbroken that her boyfriend dumped her because she spoke poor English. Mzansi people joked about her situation by commenting in bad English.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane's court battles continues as she tries to return to work

Busisiwe Mkhwebane's court battles continues as she tries to return to work

South Africa

3 years ago

The public protector wants her suspension lifted by the Supreme Court of Appeal after the High Court ruled that the president acted with a bias in removing her.

Mzansi discuss new WhatsApp online status that left many users frustrated

Mzansi discuss new WhatsApp online status that left many users frustrated

South Africa

3 years ago

Mzansi rushed to update their WhatsApp to see if they have the new alleged feature to disable online status. Some people said they had it, and others didn't.

Hilary Sekgota