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Jim Mohlala

Education: Masters Candidate (Media and Communications), Postgraduate Diploma in Media Leadership and Innovation (2025), Advanced Diploma in Journalism (2024), Diploma in Journalism (2020-2023)

Experience: Human Interest Writer at Briefly News (2026-present), Social justice reporter at Daily Maverick (2023-2024), Freelance Journalist at Sunday Times/TimesLIVE (2024-2025), Assistant to Office of FID Dean, CPUT (2025)

Awards: Deans Special Award (CPUT) - Excellent Editorial Leadership

Jim Mohlala is a Human Interest writer for Briefly News (joined in 2025). Mohlala holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Media Leadership and Innovation and an Advanced Diploma in Journalism from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He started his career working at the Daily Maverick and has written for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE. Jim has several years of experience covering social justice, crime and community stories. You can reach him at jim.mohlala@briefly.co.za

372 articles published since 31 Dec 2025

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“What a confidence booster": Proud parents gift children new expensive iPhones for top school grades

“What a confidence booster": Proud parents gift children new expensive iPhones for top school grades

Family and Relationships

14 hours ago

Mzansi furious as workers earning over R22,400pm are about to lose key workplace rights from May

Mzansi furious as workers earning over R22,400pm are about to lose key workplace rights from May

South Africa

15 hours ago

SA travel influencer shares airport tips in TikTok video to help first-time flyers beat anxiety

SA travel influencer shares airport tips in TikTok video to help first-time flyers beat anxiety

People

16 hours ago

“I take my hat off": SA reacts to Checkers Sixty60 rider powering through flooded Stellenbosch road

“I take my hat off": SA reacts to Checkers Sixty60 rider powering through flooded Stellenbosch road

South Africa

18 hours ago

"Life is so unfair”: Social media reacts as family receives deceased vet student’s PhD on stage

"Life is so unfair”: Social media reacts as family receives deceased vet student’s PhD on stage

Family and Relationships

19 hours ago

"What's the catch?": Mzansi in disbelief as Instagram clip shows stunning KZN house worth R5 million

"What's the catch?": Mzansi in disbelief as Instagram clip shows stunning KZN house worth R5 million

South Africa

20 hours ago

"EFF colours will turn orange": Mzansi in stitches after AI clip shows Julius Malema behind bars

"EFF colours will turn orange": Mzansi in stitches after AI clip shows Julius Malema behind bars

People

a day ago

An AI-generated video imagining Julius Malema in prison with Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald waiting for him left South Africa in stitches.

"The motivation I need": SGB teacher breaks down monthly budget in TikTok video, Mzansi takes notes

"The motivation I need": SGB teacher breaks down monthly budget in TikTok video, Mzansi takes notes

People

a day ago

A South African SGB teacher and TikToker broke down her full monthly budget covering rent, debt, insurance, and multiple savings goals, and Mzansi was taking notes.

"Criminals are so cooked": CoolStoryBru weighs in on Feneral Mkhwananzi's new role

"Criminals are so cooked": CoolStoryBru weighs in on Feneral Mkhwananzi's new role

People

a day ago

Mzansi’s content creator CoolStoryBru reacted to General Mkhwanazi being appointed to lead a national organised crime task team while keeping his KZN role

Who is Joe McCann: The Crypto millionaire detained after his fiancée died in Zanzibar

Who is Joe McCann: The Crypto millionaire detained after his fiancée died in Zanzibar

Family and Relationships

3 days ago

Joe McCann is the Miami-based crypto hedge fund founder detained in Tanzania, after his influencer fiancée, Ashly Robinson, was found dead in their hotel villa

"Dancer of the year": Samkeliso shuts down his own dance challenge as no one in SA comes close

"Dancer of the year": Samkeliso shuts down his own dance challenge as no one in SA comes close

People

3 days ago

Mzansi dancer Samkeliso went viral with a kasi dance challenge that no South African could match, and then came back to close it himself, leaving Mzansi stunned

“Oh my gosh": Mzansi reacts to pothole so deep it swallowed an old man's walking stick in viral clip

“Oh my gosh": Mzansi reacts to pothole so deep it swallowed an old man's walking stick in viral clip

People

3 days ago

A Kariega man filmed an elderly resident measuring a pothole with his walking stick and the entire stick disappeared into the road right up to hip depth

How one SA man’s stubborn search for answers unlocked a cancer treatment first

How one SA man’s stubborn search for answers unlocked a cancer treatment first

People

3 days ago

Martin Horn faced nine surgeries before his own medical research led Cape Town doctors to perform a Mzansi’s first using a freezing technique called cryoablation

From dagga runner to mountain guide: How KZN man built a tourism empire in the Drakensberg

From dagga runner to mountain guide: How KZN man built a tourism empire in the Drakensberg

People

4 days ago

A KZN mountain guide shared how a life of struggle in the Drakensberg passes led to jail and then to running a tour company that employs 20 people in Bergville

CPUT launches fraud investigation as failed student walks stage and takes another student's degree

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CPUT launches fraud investigation as failed student walks stage and takes another student's degree

People

4 days ago

Man who failed his studies attended a CPUT graduation ceremony in Cape Town and collected a certificate belonging to another student who was turned away at the door

Jim Mohlala