Lebogang Mashego

Education: Bachelor of Arts, majored in Journalism and Media Studies, and History, Rhodes University (2015-2018)

Experience: Journalist at Oppidan Press (from 2015 - 2017), W24 (now called News24 Lifestyle (2018), Intelligence Transfer Centre (2019), Opera News (2019-2020)

Awards: Recipient of the INMA Elevate Scholarship (2022)

Lebogang Mashego runs the Current Affairs desk. She joined the Briefly News team in 2021. She has 6 years of experience in the journalism field. Her journalism career started while studying at Rhodes University, where she worked for the Oppidan Press for 3 years. She worked as a lifestyle writer and editor at W24 and Opera News. She graduated with a BA degree majoring in Journalism and Media Studies in 2017. She's a recipient of the INMA Elevate Scholarship. Email: lebogang.mashego@briefly.co.za

2373 articles published since 17 Jun 2021

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Carl Niehaus calls out President Cyril Ramaphosa for backtracking on mandatory vaccination policy

Politics

4 years ago

Covid19: 2 People tested positive for Omicron variant in Netherlands before South African flights arrived

South Africa

4 years ago

Nosicelo Mtebeni: Boyfriend says the devil made him kill her, father rejects apology

South Africa

4 years ago

Breaking

"This is a horror story": Mzansi dismayed by latest unemployment rate, over 12 million people are now jobless

Economy

4 years ago

"I'm joining AfriForum": South Africans back AfriForum stance against mandatory vaccination

South Africa

4 years ago

South Africans say Shepherd Bushiri should stay in Malawi after claiming to have been poisoned in SA

South Africa

4 years ago

Jessica Watkins: 33-year-old will make history, become first black woman to work and live in space

4 years ago

Jessica Watkins, who has a doctorate degree in geology, will be making history as the first black woman with station crew to launch to space come April 2022.

Breaking

"We'll walk to work": South Africans horrified by fuel prices going up by R20 per litre on Wednesday

Industry

4 years ago

The Department of Mineral and Energy has announced that South Africans will soon have to pay R20 per litre for petrol from Wednesday as prices increase globally

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula says eTolls will be scrapped but South Africans still have to pay

Business and Economy

4 years ago

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula says a decision says the cancelling of the e-tolling system in the Gauteng province has already been taken by Cabinet.

Oscar Pistorius moved to a prison close to Reeva Steenkamp's parents as parole process begins

South Africa

4 years ago

Oscar Pistorius, former Paralympian and convicted murderer, has been moved to a correctional facility in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape to begin his parole process.

Covid19: President Cyril Ramaphosa says the looming 4th wave should not come as a surprise

South Africa

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa says epidemiologists and data modellers predicted that a fourth wave of Covid19 infections would hit South African in early December.

President Cyril Ramaphosa forms a task team for mandatory vaccinations, South Africans have opposing views

South Africa

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken the decision to form a task team that will look into implementing mandatory vaccinations against the coronavirus in SA.

South Africans are worried another lockdown is looming as President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with the NCCC

South Africa

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold a meeting with the National Coronavirus Command Council to discuss the new coronavirus variant and the state of the pandemic

Meet the talented visually impaired man who skillfully plays the drum using his mind

Africa

4 years ago

Despite the discrimination, Portupher does not indulge in self-pity as a member of a family of persons living with visual and mental disabilities. Watch video.

UKZN Professor calls on billionaires to help fund South Africa amidst discovery of new Covid19 variant

South Africa

4 years ago

Tulio de Oliveira, a UKZN geneticist professor says instead of isolating South Africa in the wake of a new Covid-19 variant, world leaders should offer help.

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