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

Author's articles

Enyobeni tavern owner gets liquor licence revoked and faces criminal charges after 21 kids mysteriously died

South Africa

3 years ago

South Africans left fuming after Sassa declines many R350 SRD grant applications due to budget constraints

South Africa

3 years ago

Explained: Leading HIV expert in South Africa, Prof Karim explains why an HIV vaccine has not been developed yet

Explainer

3 years ago

Eskom implements Stage 4 loadshedding as workers continue to protest over wages at 9 power stations

Energy

3 years ago

Parliament defends decisions to grant Cabinet ministers and MPs a 3% salary increase, 1st pay rise since 2019

Politics

3 years ago

57 Year old man gets 25 year sentence for hate crime assault of lesbian couple after clash at his spaza shop

South Africa

3 years ago

Breaking

1st case of monkeypox detected in South Africa, patient did not travel abroad

South Africa

3 years ago

The Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla stated during a media briefing that the first case of monkey was detected in a 30-year-old man who lives in Johannesburg.

State Capture Report: Raymond Zondo recommends Hawks resume investigations into Arthur Fraser

Politics

3 years ago

Former State Security Agency head Arthur Fraser has been implicated in the final part of the State Capture report for the mishandling of funds in the agency.

Glencore UK pleads guilty to paying R445 million in bribes to authorities in 5 African countries

Business and Economy

4 years ago

Glencore Energy has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of bribery in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and South Sudan of R445 million.

Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie hopes to turn Central Karoo into a lavish city like Dubai

Politics

4 years ago

Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie recently opened up a bakery, clothing factory and tar manufacturing plant in the Central Karoo district to create jobs

Vodacom Ranked the best quality network provider, MTN is the fastest, Cell C ranked the poorest

Technology

4 years ago

Tutela, a crowdsourced data company has issued a report stating that South Africans trust Vodacom as the best network provider in the country above the rest.

DA's John Steenhuisen wants the FBI to investigate Cyril Ramaphosa after $4 million was stolen from his farm

Politics

4 years ago

Democratic Alliance leader John Steehhuisen has written a letter to the FBI to investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa who is being accused of money laundering.

Home Affairs official arrested after issuing fake ID to Bangladeshi national under the name 'Lebogang Ndlovu'

South Africa

4 years ago

A Home Affairs official is expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrate's Court in Gauteng to face charges related to issuing a fake ID to a Bangladesh national.

Mzansi is dog tired of poor service delivery: 4 Major strikes planned to disrupt South Africa this week

South Africa

4 years ago

South Africans are frustrated by the lack of water and electricity in their communities and have decided to carry out protests in various parts of the country.

KZN high school girl,18, snatched outside school by 8 police officers in 2 unmarked SAPS vehicles

South Africa

4 years ago

An 18-year-old high school girl was taken outside her school by eight police officers in two unmarked vehicles. The cops say she was taken in for questioning.

Lebogang Mashego

Lebogang Mashego

Author's articles

Latest

Trending

Top stories