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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"I thought I was going to die": Edenvale runner who survived deadly pit bull attack lays criminal charges

South Africa

3 years ago

If you won’t do it, we will: Residents of West Rand threaten to continue targeting zama zamas as unrest spreads to another community in the area

Politics

3 years ago

Ramaphosa: GBV remains a scourge to the achievement of significant gender equity

Politics

3 years ago

Crackdown: Hawks arrest 3 men in Cape Town after truck stop-and-search yields R400 million bust

South Africa

3 years ago

Operation Clean-up: eThekwini multidisciplinary task force nabs 115 suspected criminals in a bid to rid the streets of crime

South Africa

3 years ago

"This is unbelievable, in all honesty": Mzansi outraged by 2-day Capitec outage

Technology

3 years ago

"It's really tough in South Africa": One SA leader Mmusi Maimane on being robbed at gunpoint in a bar in Cape Town

South Africa

3 years ago

Musi Maimane was enjoying a drink with his brother-in-law in a bar when four armed men ordered them to get on the floor and robbed them of their possession.

Misguided mob justice spurs Kagiso protesters to break into the homes of 19 foreign nationals

Politics

3 years ago

Kagiso residents took the law into their hands and broke into the homes of 19 alleged zama zamas. The vigilantism follows the rape of 8 women in Krugersdorp.

Say what: South Africans react after Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell confuses "condemn" with "condone"

Politics

3 years ago

Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell is in hot water after she mistakenly condoned racism. Now, South Africans wonder if it was an accident or if she feels that way.

Call-out: DA’s federal council chairperson challenges Gauteng MEC Panyazi Lesufi to a public debate on the BELA Bill

Politics

3 years ago

Federal Council Chairperson for the DA, Helen Zille, has issued a public statement challenging Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi to a public debate on the BELA Bill.

Pule Mabe, ANC spokesperson, speaks up on Krugersdorp assault calling it a “wake-up call”

Politics

3 years ago

After the brutal assault of eight women in Krugersdorp, ANC spokesperson, Pule Mabe, has called for South African to wake up to the problem of illegal mining.

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