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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Sheba the tiger’s owner caught on video attacking photographer leaving SA in stitches: “Beware of the owner”

South Africa

3 years ago

Ambulances to be upgraded to protect emergency services personnel from robberies and hijackings

South Africa

3 years ago

Jacob Zuma forges ahead with private prosecution despite Ramaphosa’s successful urgent interdict

Politics

3 years ago

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe slams opposition parties' call for national shutdown against loadshedding

Politics

3 years ago

SAPA warns of chicken shortage as loadshedding causes slaughtering backlog, “Poor KFC lovers”: SA jokes

Industry

3 years ago

Thuli Madonsela calls out people implicated in state capture, brands them as enemies of democracy

Politics

3 years ago

ANC MPs demand that every Eskom power station manager account for all breakdowns which lead to loadshedding

Politics

3 years ago

The ruling ANC has demanded that Eskom power station managers account for breakdowns and poor management that lead to deepening loadshedding in Parliament.

Meet Koos Bekker, SA's richest media mogul and the multitude of business that made him his billions

Feature

3 years ago

Jacobus Petrus Koos Bekker is one of South Africa's richest businessmen and made a name for himself my cornering the media market as chief executive of Naspers.

Hawks thwart electronics heist on courier vehicle after high-speed chase ends in the death of 4 robbers

South Africa

3 years ago

A gang of armed robbers was stopped from completing an electronics heist on a courier car by Gauteng authorities in Midrand. Four robbers died in a shootout.

Gayton McKenzie singles Ramaphosa out for 16 years of empty promises about ending loadshedding, demands a plan

Politics

3 years ago

The leader of the Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie called President Cyril Ramaphosa out for leading South Africans on with promises of ending loadshedding.

Sheba the tiger’s owner decided to have her killed after she entered another residential area in Johannesburg

South Africa

3 years ago

The owner of Sheba the tiger gave authorities and tackers the go-ahead to kill the big cat after she roamed into a residential area in Johannesburg South again.

Ex-ANC SG Ace Magashule slams Nersa for increasing electricity prices amid deepening loadshedding

Politics

3 years ago

Ex-ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has condemned the National Energy Regulator of South Africa for approving an 18% tariff hike amid deepening loadshedding.

EFF unsatisfied with loadshedding meeting with Ramaphosa, claims doesn’t look like blackouts will end soon

Politics

3 years ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters claim that the ANC government and Eskom do not have a coherent and viable plan to bring loadshedding to an end in 24 months.

IEC disqualifies EFF from up-coming by-elections in Northern Cape after non-payment of participation fee

Politics

3 years ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters will not be participating in the looming by election in Dikgatlong Municipality, Northern Cape after the IEC disqualified them.

Escaped tiger Sheba back on the Johannesburg streets after brief visit home inspiring #gosheba online

South Africa

3 years ago

Sheba the tiger has escaped from the smallholdings property in the south of Johannesburg after briefly returning to the enclosure. SA starts GoSheba hashtag.

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