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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Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans owe Eskom's board members full support, says loadshedding will end

Politics

4 years ago

SA avocado farmers stand to lose millions as they grapple with theft of popular fruit

South Africa

4 years ago

Happy ending: Ecstatic family reunites with missing son after 4 years

Africa

4 years ago

Barack Obama's daughter Sasha dating 24-year-old son of Hollywood actor

4 years ago

EFF's Mbuyiseni Ndlozi slams Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi for calling foreign nationals "rascals"

Politics

4 years ago

South Africa has a long history of being against African foreign nationals, aversion goes back as far as 1994

Explainer

4 years ago

SASSA says it won't be processing any new R350 social relief of distress grant applications right now

South Africa

4 years ago

SASSA says South Africans who have applied for the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant might have to wait a little longer to get a response from the department

Andile Mngxitma tweets conspiracy theory, claims HAARP is a weapon of mass destruction that controls the weather

Fact check

4 years ago

Andile Mngxitma, the leader of the Black First Land First political organisation has alleged that HAARP is a weapon of mass destruction and can control weather.

EFF leader Julius Malema pledges R500k to help an informal settlement in Durban rebuild after KZN floods

Politics

4 years ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been embarking on an initiative to visit areas that have been affected by the KwaZulu-Natal floods.

KZN Government hosts a provincial day of prayer in support of families who lost loved ones in the floods

South Africa

4 years ago

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government held a provincial day of prayer to stand in solidarity with the beavered families that lost relatives in the floods.

No, Motsoaledi did not send Ramaphosa a letter about the risk posed by Operation Dudula and illegal foreigners

Fact check

4 years ago

The Home Affairs Department has stated that a letter claiming to be addressing President Cyril Ramaphosa from Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was not written by him.

Eskom and City Power head down to Kliptown to remove illegal electricity connections after 1 person died

South Africa

4 years ago

Eskom and City Power were in Kliptown Soweto on Wednesday, 20 April to remove dangerous illegal electricity from an informal settlement called Chicken Farm.

DA's Helen Zille sparks mixed reactions with claim that poor people in Langa are in a better position

Politics

4 years ago

Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance's Federal Council chairperson is sparked outrage on social media with her latest controversial comments about poor people.

Man who tried to smuggle drugs wrapped around his waist from Eswatini arrested

South Africa

4 years ago

A 27-year-old from Eswatini was arrested on Monday, 18 April after police caught him trying to sneak into South Africa with drugs near the Jeppes Reef Border.

SAPS rescues and arrests 77 illegal miners who were trapped in a mining shaft in Orkney, 4 bodies recovered

South Africa

4 years ago

Over 70 illegal miners from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe were rescued after they were trapped in a mining shaft in Orkney, the North West province on Monday

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