Kelly Lippke

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Communication Science (major in Psychology), UNISA (2007), Additional major in Linguistics, UNISA (2008), Certificate in Community Journalism, UNISA (2014), Google News Initiative training (2024)

Experience: Subeditor, Caxton, Northern Natal Courier (2012-2014), Highway Mail/Northglen News/Queensburgh News (2015-2018), Briefly News (current)

Kelly Lippke is a copy editor/proofreader who started her career at the Northern-Natal Courier with a BA in Communication Science/Psychology (Unisa, 2007). Kelly has worked for several Caxton publications, including the Highway Mail and Northglen News. Kelly’s unique editing perspective stems from an additional major in Linguistics. Kelly joined Briefly News in 2018 and she has 16 years of experience. Kelly has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at kelly.lippke@briefly.co.za.

6892 articles published since 27 Feb 2019

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Cristiano Ronaldo with R30m per post on Instagram tops rich list of premier league earners

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Mixed reactions as 23-year-old lady gets R36k, iPhone 13 and boxes of gifts from boyfriend on birthday

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3 years ago

Two young girls spotted helping their dad fix heavy truck go viral, video sparks mixed reactions

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3 years ago

Young man surprises his mum with new car in video, woman blushed and hugged him tightly

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3 years ago

Constance Edjeani Afenu: Meet Ghana's 1st female General of the armed forces

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3 years ago

Old soldier keeps letter a kid wrote him 12 years ago, video shows how they finally met when she’s 21

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3 years ago

Ghanaian girl saves over 1 year to buy herself bicycle on 8th birthday

World

3 years ago

Abena Manokekame's 8-year-old daughter was able to save a lot of money over an entire year to buy herself a bicycle. Her mother shared the picture and story.

Man lost both legs as a kid, his rich parents spent R359k to get him prosthetics, he now helps children

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3 years ago

A man who lost his legs when he was little and fishing with his parents has turned his accident into a mission to helping children who faced the same thing.

Awet Tesfaiesus: Meet the first African born woman elected into German's parliament

World

3 years ago

Eritrean-born politician, Awet Tesfaiesus, has become the first African-born Black woman to be elected into the German parliament, known as the Bundestag. Read.

Kind hearted man puts smiles on hawker's face; uses part of his salary to take him for lunch at KFC

World

3 years ago

A young man who showed empathy and put smiles on the face of a hawker with a disability has recounted how he used part of his salary to have lunch with him.

5 Stories that went viral in SA this week, from a cleaner's incredible weekend glow-up to a classic clap-back

People

3 years ago

It was an eventful week for Briefly News as we covered some pretty incredible stories that will have you feeling all sorts of emotions. We picked out the top 5.

Mzansi weighs in on Ntsiki Mazwai’s opinions about fight between Boity and Bujy, people are divided

People

3 years ago

Ntsiki Mazwai shares her thoughts on the hectic fight between Boity and Bujy. Mzansi is divided about how they feel with some agreeing and others disagreeing.

"Congratulations bro": Young man proudly shows off progress of home, Mzansi is loving the effort

People

3 years ago

Twitter user, @Jus_t, is busy building a home in Limpopo. He shared photos online and Mzansi is simply loving his progress and send him congratulatory messages.

Money rains on pastor as he sings with melodious voice on his birthday, people enthralled by the video

World

3 years ago

A video has emerged on Instagram in which a Nigerian cleric, Prophet IO Samuel, could be seen praising God and dancing on his birthday as money rained on him.

Former Tesla worker takes Elon Musk’s company to court over racial abuse, wins R2 billion

World

3 years ago

A former worker at Tesla has been paid millions of dollars for the racial abuse he suffered while working for the company. People said racism is expensive.

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