Maryn Blignaut

Education: BA in Communication Science, the University of South Africa (2012-2016), AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course (Google News Initiative, 2023), Google News Initiative training (2024)

Experience: Briefly News (2017-present)

Awards: Best Appealing Storytelling: Highest Average Pageviews, 2023 by Briefly News

Maryn Blignaut is the Human Interest manager and feature writer. She holds a BA degree in Communication Science, which she obtained from the University of South Africa in 2016. She joined the Briefly - South African News team shortly after graduating and has over six years of experience in the journalism field. Maryn passed the AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course (Google News Initiative), as well as a set of trainings for journalists by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at: maryn.blignaut@briefly.co.za

1263 articles published since 30 Oct 2017

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Car wash guy drives client's Benz GLC to buy food, crashes it beyond repair

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Viral video shows lady, 18, washing tankers to support her studies

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Lady bags awards as she emerges best graduating student of her faculty, shares a...

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Kind man cooks 50 plates of rice and chicken every week, feeds homeless

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Man spoils his grandma on birthday, takes her for a ride in R2m BMW sports car,...

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Beautiful lady, 24, discovers her colleague is the biological dad she had been l...

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Baby’s cute reaction while watching a clip of herself goes viral

An adorable video making rounds on social media has captured the moment a crying baby stopped wailing and burst into laughter upon seeing a video of herself.

Arsenal ready to offer Premier League rivals 2 stars in exchange for versatile midfielder

Arsenal have stepped up their bid to land Leicester midfielder James Maddison and could offer the Foxes the pair of Reiss Nelson and Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

Chelsea star backed to win Ballon d'Or ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Jorginho is a clear frontrunner for the Ballon d'Or award after a stellar 2020/21 season. The midfielder won the Champions League and the European championship.

Wayne Rooney rates Man United’s title chances ahead of the new season

Manchester United came close to challenging for the Premier League title last season but lost the race to rivals City. United finished second with 74 points.

Jeff Bezos donates over R1.4 billion each to CNN journo Van Jones and chef Jose Andre

Van Jones and Jose Andres, according to Amazon founder Bezos, are free to do anything they want with the money, including giving to their preferred charities.

Teacher celebrated for composing rap song to teach kids decimals in class

A mathematics teacher has been honoured online by netizens for creating a rap song for his young students to learn about decimals during mathematics class.

US singer Halsey welcomes first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin

American musician Halsey and her film writer boyfriend Alev Aydin have welcomed their first child Ender Ridley Aydin and she shared the good news via Instagram.

Crime suspect arrested after making inquiry about reward money on police Facebook post

The Tusla Police Department posted the images of the suspect on Facebook and she commented on the post. She was arrested and her bond set at KSh 54 million.

Sisters inherit mum’s entrepreneurial skills, own all McDonald’s restaurants in their city

Nicole Enearu and Kerri Harper-Howie are black sisters who own and operate 18 McDonald's restaurants in Compton. They credit their mother for the success..

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