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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 (December 2025-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

1280 articles published since 31 Dec 2025

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"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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months ago

"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

5 months ago

"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

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

"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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

"We trusted you": Mzansi reacts after TikToker humbled by RocoMamas hot wings challenge

"We trusted you": Mzansi reacts after TikToker humbled by RocoMamas hot wings challenge

People

5 months ago

A South African TikTok influencer went to RocoMamas confident that no hot wing could break him, but Mzansi watched in delight as the challenge had the last word.

"They must be related": Mzansi reacts to Gen Mkhwanazi's 'twin' who wore number 11 at Kaizer Chiefs

"They must be related": Mzansi reacts to Gen Mkhwanazi's 'twin' who wore number 11 at Kaizer Chiefs

People

5 months ago

A side-by-side photo of KZN's General Mkhwanazi and late Bafana Bafana star Isaac Shakes Kungwane has left Mzansi stunned by their striking resemblance

"Getting paid peanuts": SA talent manager breaks down streaming platforms' pay for 1 million plays

"Getting paid peanuts": SA talent manager breaks down streaming platforms' pay for 1 million plays

People

5 months ago

A Mzansi talent manager broke down how much streaming platforms pay local artists for 1 million streams, and the figures tell a bigger story about the music industry

"I'm overthinking this": Mzansi TikToker plugs 6 free Harvard AI courses that SA should know about

"I'm overthinking this": Mzansi TikToker plugs 6 free Harvard AI courses that SA should know about

Education

5 months ago

Mzansi TikToker Lepang In Tech highlights six free Harvard AI and tech courses, empowering South Africans amid a 43.8% youth unemployment crisis.

"Seeking a US visa": Activist Petrus Sitho takes his fight for farm murder victims to the US embassy

"Seeking a US visa": Activist Petrus Sitho takes his fight for farm murder victims to the US embassy

People

5 months ago

Activist Petrus Sitho pays tribute to nine-year-old Kayla Meyer on the anniversary of her tragic death, sparking mixed reactions from South Africans on social media.

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