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

2592 articles published since 17 Jun 2021

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Loadshedding extended until Saturday: "Eskom must drop the price hike"

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“He is a brave man”: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refuses to leave Kyi...

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Operation Dudula: Heated stand off between South Africans and foreign nationals...

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Eskom announces loadshedding stage 2 starting on Monday at 9pm, SA thinks it is...

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Thuli Madonsela stands with Ukraine, condemns Russia's actions despite support i...

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Jacob Zuma backs Russia amid Ukraine invasion, says Vladimir Putin was provoked...

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Fikile Mbalula leaves social media confused after posting cryptic tweet about landing in Ukraine

The Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula left a cryptic post on Twitter over the weekend and announced that he had landed in Ukraine amid attacks by Russia.

Russia grants partial ceasefire, some Ukrainians don't want to evacuate

Russian troops will hold fire on Monday 7 March, 2022 and Ukrainian civilians will be allowed to evacuate their cities before Russia resumes attacks on Ukraine.

"Rude and arrogant thing to say": DA's Helen Zille called out for having a problem with someone's pronouns

Helen Zille, the chairperson of the Democratic Alliance's federal council has received strong backlash for asking a social media user to drop their pronouns.

2 South African students are happy to be home after fleeing Ukraine amid Russian invasion

Two South African students have describe the horrors they experienced as they made the long journey to flee Ukraine after Russian troops invaded the country.

Ukrainian Ambassador says African students trying to flee Ukraine did not experience racism, South Africans disagree

Ukrainian Ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova has denied all allegations that African students fleeing Ukraine amid invasion experienced racism.

R16 billion to R1.131 Trillion: SA could be lose trillions in trade if it sides with Russia and not NATO

South Africa's decision not to vote at the United Nations Assembly could have major economic implications, especially if the country chooses to side with Russia

ANC marches to Israeli Embassy to call for an end to Palestine crisis amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Gauteng division of the African National Congress marched to the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on Thursday, 3 March to have over a memorandum of demands.

US calls on SA Government to label Russia an aggressor amid conflict with Ukraine

The United States of America's diplomat Todd Haskell says the US is in talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa to get SA to take a stronger stance against Russsia.

ANC finally takes a stance against Russia, calls for international community to stand with Ukraine

The African National Congress is calling the international community and the United Nations to help the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in a peaceful manner.

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