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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Namibian president speaks up about Ramaphosa farm burglary, says he did no one any favours

Politics

4 years ago

State Capture accused Gupta brothers, Atul and Rajesh nabbed in Dubai following Interpol's red notice

Politics

4 years ago

American mother delivers identical twin girls 3 days apart: "It is uncommon"

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa says suspension of fuel levies has impacted public finances and government programmes

Politics

4 years ago

Opposing parties call on Cyril Ramaphosa to answer questions about game reserve burglary: "Show your books"

Politics

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa could face probes by SARS and Reserve Bank after millions were stolen from farm

Politics

4 years ago

"Not even the police protect women": 4 Women share harrowing experiences of assaults and re-victimisation by cops

Editorial

4 years ago

Gender-based violence has been labelled as a pandemic in Mzansi by President Cyril Ramaphosa, however, SA women feel that means nothing if there's no action.

Former Gauteng MEC rubbishes claims she was involved in a plot to coverup Senzo Meyiwa's murder

South Africa

4 years ago

The former Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says she was not involved in any cover-up around the murder of footballer Senzo Meyiwa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to Arthur Fraser's allegations, confirms theft at Limpopo farm

Politics

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that a robbery did take place at one of his properties in Limpopo in February 2020 but denies there was a cover up.

Arthur Fraser lays criminal complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa for alleged theft and kidnapping

Politics

4 years ago

The former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser has headed to the Rosebank Police Station to lay a criminal complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: State witness says crime scene was challenging and could have been contaminated

South Africa

4 years ago

In the tense Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Sergeant Thabo Mosia was cross-examined on Wednesday, 1 June on the police's handling of the very sensitive crime scene.

Explained: Why South Africa’s food basket gone up by at least 12% this year

Explainer

4 years ago

The latest Household Affordability Index has revealed that food in South Africa has increased exponentially and this can be attributed to a number of factors.

Pretoria High Court sentences unremorseful Pakistani man to 2 life terms and 6 years for murder

South Africa

4 years ago

A 44-year-old Pakistani national and businessman Muhamed Sajid Khan has been given two life sentences by the Pretoria High Court for murders he committed.

Comair grounds Kulula and British Airways due to lack of funding, South Africans left stranded

Industry

4 years ago

On Tuesday night 31 May, Comair announced that all Kulula and British Airways flights will be cancelled from Wednesday, 1 June due to lack of sufficient funding

Mom opens room door, sees cat sleeping beside her baby, tells it to stand up in viral funny video

4 years ago

A cute video has shown the moment a mother wanted to get her cat off her sleeping baby. The animal protested and never wanted to leave. Many found it funny.

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