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 (2018-present)

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 17 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.

10799 articles published since 27 Feb 2019

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From car guard to MBA graduate: The inspirational story of Patrice Niyonteze

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Man ‘scatters’ dance floor in a wedding, makes power moves with bridesmaid in video

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"If girlfriend wants you to treat her as a queen, tell her to pay the bills": Reno Omokri advises men

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Women's Month: Meet the women taking on traditionally male jobs such as mechanics, engineering and bus driving

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Zoie Health introduces one-stop women’s health platform

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Davido dominates highest paid Nigerian influencer on Instagram list, beating Wizkid and others

World

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MTV VMA: Africa’s Wizkid, Shatta Wale bag nominations for collaborations with Beyoncè on 'Black Is King'

World

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African stars Wizkid and Shatta Wale were not left in the 2021 MTV VMA nominations. The two bagged nominations for their efforts on Beyoncè's 'Black is King'.

Hackers steal R3.8b in Cryptocurrency from decentralised finance platform

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Decentralised finance platform Poly Network got a huge setback on Tuesday, August 11, after hackers stole R3.8 billion from it owned by community members.

Student earns top scores in school after moving to the UK, set to study economics and make Africa proud

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An African student identified as Kwesi has raised the flag of Ghana high after achieving excellent grades in his A-level examinations at Brampton Manor Academy.

Man who had never used computer goes to varsity & graduates as AI expert

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Maxwell Aladago arrived at Ashesi University after he never used a computer in his life. He now does PhD research in Artificial Intelligence at Dartmouth, USA

Reactions as creative kid operates manual excavator, packs dirt from gutter

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5 years ago

A smart little kid has been hailed on social media for his creativity after an adorable video of him operating a manual excavator was shared by a LinkedIn user.

Prince Charles, Princess Diana’s 40-year-old royal wedding cake slice sells for R37 000

World

5 years ago

The original price the piece was expected to sell was between R6 000 and R11 000 but it got even more. The buyer said earnings from it would go to charity.

Robin Williams’ son Zak pens emotional tribute on anniversary of actor’s death: “Love you forever”

World

5 years ago

Robin Williams's son Zak shared a touching tribute on Twitter to celebrate his father seven years on. He noted he was a man who gave people joy and laughter.

12-Year-old boy graduates from high school and varsity in the same week, already owns 2 companies

World

5 years ago

A brainy 12-year-old boy has graduated from high school and varsity in one week. Young Mike Wimmer is not just brainy but owns two start-up companies already.

On the floor or in the clouds: Guy speaks of how the best woman looked past his circumstances

World

5 years ago

A guy who was worried about taking his girlfriend home was amazingly validated when she said she'd quite happily sleep on the floor, as long as he was near.

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