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

2387 articles published since 17 Jun 2021

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Explained: Leading HIV expert in South Africa, Prof Karim explains why an HIV...

Explainer

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Eskom implements Stage 4 loadshedding as workers continue to protest over...

Energy

3 years ago

Parliament defends decisions to grant Cabinet ministers and MPs a 3% salary...

Politics

3 years ago

57 Year old man gets 25 year sentence for hate crime assault of lesbian couple...

South Africa

3 years ago

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

South Africa

3 years ago

State Capture Report: Raymond Zondo recommends Hawks resume investigations...

Politics

3 years ago

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

Business and Economy

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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.

Former Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni sparks heated debate after saying the ANC is still a dependable party

Politics

3 years ago

Former Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni has taken to social media to share his views about the African National Congress's ability to advance democracy in SA.

LIVE: Eskom implements loadshedding Stage 2 from Monday until Thursday, says systems are constrained

Energy

3 years ago

State-owned power utility Eskom says loadshedding will be implemented from Monday, 20 June until Thursday 23 June due to a shortage of generation capacity.

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