Lerato Mutsila

Education: BA Journalism, Pearson Institute of Higher Education (2017 - 2020)

Experience: Junior Producer/Researcher, Black Stripe Foundation (The Big Debate, 2021)

Awards: Fellow of the 2021/2022 Young African Journalists Acceleration programme (for African journalists in climate journalism)

Lerato Mutsila is a journalist with 3 years of experience. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pearson Institute of Higher Education in 2020, majoring in broadcast journalism, political science and communication. Lerato joined the Briefly News current affairs desk in August 2022. Mutsila is also a fellow of the 2021/2022 Young African Journalists Acceleration programme, which trained African journalists in climate journalism. You can contact Lerato at lerato.mutsila@breifly.co.za

1586 articles published since 01 Aug 2022

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"Slapdash" workmanship: DA and Patriotic Alliance fight over spilled sewage in Central Karoo

Politics

3 years ago

Cash-in-transit crook’s jail sentence extended by 25 years after fingerprint evidence links him to 2000 crime scene

South Africa

3 years ago

38 Undocumented immigrants uncovered in Hawks round-up of illegal miners in Limpopo

South Africa

3 years ago

"17 Years": Gwede Mantashe puts a timeline on how long it would take to close abandoned mine shafts

Politics

3 years ago

From Russia with love: Vladimir Putin and Mali’s Assimi Goita get chummy over trade possibilities after promising phone call

Africa

3 years ago

Herman Mashaba likens President Cyril Ramaphosa to "leader of opposition" in shady tweet

Politics

3 years ago

Operation Dudula takes its show on the road targeting Cape Town Businesses suspected of employing illegal immigrants

Politics

3 years ago

Operation Dudula members held a march earlier this week where they visited businesses in Cape Town and demanded that they spot employing foreign nationals.

South Africans stan Naledi Pandor after she told the world SA will not be bullied into taking a stance against Russia

Politics

3 years ago

Minister Naledi Pandor made South Africans proud after she told the world that South Africa will not be bullied into taking a stance in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Show of force: Khayelitsha residents came out in droves to protect Eskom technicians from the threat of extortion

South Africa

3 years ago

The residents of Khayelitsha have shown compassion and come out in numbers to protect Eskom technicians from extortion and threats from a group of gangsters.

Part of the problem: Patricia de Lille slammed for her victim-blaming in Women's Day speech

Politics

3 years ago

GOOD party leader Patricia de Lille has come under fire for claiming at an anti-GBV campaign that bad things happen to women because they let them take place.

Eskom withdraws its services from Sibangweni village following acts of intimidation by community members

South Africa

3 years ago

Power utility Eskom has decided to withdraw its services to Sibangweni village, Eastern Cape after residents held an Eskom employee at gunpoint on Saturday.

"The EFF is there to catch your tears": Juilus Malema leads Women's Day event in Mataiele

Politics

3 years ago

Julius Malema, Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, led a Women's Day rally in the town of Mataliele in the Eastern Cape. Malema addressed the issue of GBV.

Example of incompetence: The DA sound alarm bells as cardboard is used to set bones in the wake of a plaster of Paris shortage at Thelle Mogoerane hospital

Politics

3 years ago

DA's Shadow Health MEC of Gauteng, Jack Bloom, has raised alarm over the persistent shortage of plaster of Paris at Thelle Mogoerane Hospital in Vosloorus.

25-Year-old Gqeberha woman dies after house in Newton Park catches alight, father taken to hospital

South Africa

3 years ago

A 25-year-old Gqeberha woman died when her home caught alight. Her father was in the house but was luckily rescued by emergency personnel and taken to hospital.

Police Minister Bheki Cele cornered by Hanover Park residents who demand justice for slain crime activist Rashieda Brown

Politics

3 years ago

Police minister Bheki Cele was cornered by Hanover Park residents who demanded the Cele address GBV after Rahieda Brown's alleged murderer appeared in court.

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