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

2393 articles published since 17 Jun 2021

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Western Cape police arrest 15 people for possession of stolen sheep livers

The Western Cape police have arrested 15 people for being in possession of stolen over 2 000 crates of stolen sheep livers from the Killarney industrial area.

SACP's Blade Nzimande says the R350 social grant could be the foundation of the Basic Income Grant

The South African Communist Party's secretary-general Blade Nzimande says the political organisation is in support of a universal Basic Income Grant in SA.

Explainer: How to check if you are on SASSA's R350 grant list of uncollected funds

The South African Social Security Agency is calling on South Africans who have not collected their R350 Covid-19 Special Relief Grant to do so before 31 August.

Covid19: South African government considering making vaccination mandatory

Minister of Health Joe Phaahla says the South African government is considering making the administration of the coronavirus vaccine mandatory for everyone.

'Queen of England' pension scheme scams 40 000 retired SANDF members of R3.6 million

40 000 retired members of the South African National Defence Force found themselves in pension scheme scam that managed to defraud them of over R2 million.

Emotional moment soldier reunites with kids he saved during World War II more than 70 years ago

A 97-year-old man has reunited with the three little kids he saved during World War II. Their meeting after over 70 years was emotional as they are also old.

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula extends deadline to renew driving licences to March 2022

South African motorists have been given an extended grace period until March 2022 to renew their driver's licences by the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula.

Judicial Service Commission recommends Judge John Hlophe be impeached, Members of Parliament to vote

Western Cape's Judge John Hlophe has been recommended for impeachment by the Judicial Service Commission for interfering in Jacob Zuma's arms procurement case.

7 Suspects arrested in the killing of PPE corruption whistleblower Babita Deokaran

The South African Police Services confirms that seven individuals believed to be involved in the brutal murder of 53-year-old Babita Deokaran have been arrested

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