Nerissa Naidoo

Education: Diploma in Mechanical Draughting, Damelin (2019-2021), TEFL and TESOL certificate, TEFL Universal (2023)

Experience: Journalist, Briefly News (2024-present) Writer & Editor, Entail.ai (2023-24) Ghostwriter, TUW Dibbly (2021-24) Writer, Featherpen.org (2021-25) Copy Editor, National Today (2023-25) Social Media Manager, Naleli Home Decor (2019-22)

Nerissa Naidoo is a writer and editor with seven years of experience. Currently, she is a human interest writer at Briefly News and joined the publication in 2024. She began her career contributing to Morning Lazziness and later joined Featherpen.org. As a TUW ghostwriter, she focused on non-fiction, while her editorial roles at National Today and Entail.ai honed her skills in content accuracy and expert-driven editing. You can reach her at nerissa.naidoo@briefly.co.za

1395 articles published since 02 Dec 2024

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"I saved over R8k": Joburg woman shows off her ASCO fragrances haul worth over R19k

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"Looks like Gucci designer": Giraffe with unusual patterns has SA buzzing after Kruger sighting

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a month ago

"They are all the same": Cape Town gent shows houses on top of Table Mountain

People

a month ago

"Some good news": SA passport ranking climbs, but Schengen visa still needed for Estonia

People

a month ago

"Bro, relax?": SA gives a reality check for Cape Town gent hyped over software engineering salary

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a month ago

"Imagine if he was alone": Frantic beachgoers team up to save kids stuck in beach sand

People

a month ago

"3 months salary spent in one day": Woman's Woolies grocery haul has Mzansi feeling envious

Family and Relationships

a month ago

A content creator's weekly grocery haul across multiple stores, including Woolworths, has South Africans feeling envious as she shops in her Mercedes G-Wagon.

"Julle is tops!": Primary school's "Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie" performance makes SA proud

People

a month ago

A primary school's Heritage Day performance celebrating SA went viral, with children paying tribute to SA heroes like Siya Kolisi and Dricus du Plessis.

"I saved R6,385": 50% fragrance sale at Kyalami race track draws huge crowds in Johannesburg

People

a month ago

A Johannesburg woman saved over R6,000 at the ASCO fragrance sale at Kyalami Race Track, showing how hundreds of people queued for designer perfumes at 50% off.

"It's a circle!": Skydivers capture the real shape of a rainbow that has Mzansi shook

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a month ago

Skydivers captured the incredible footage showing the true circular shape of a rainbow from thousands of feet above, leaving South Africans amazed by the discovery.

"What we should see more of": Joburg man shows brave gents saving a child from a burning building

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a month ago

A group of heroic men worked together using ladders to rescue a terrified child trapped on the balcony of a burning apartment building in a viral video.

"It's in your head": Customer fumes after fake pharmacist gaslights her pain in viral prank video

People

a month ago

A TikTok prankster pretended to be a pharmacist and told a woman her hand pain was fake, sparking a viral video with over 52,000 views as the customer stormed away.

"Is it the same?": American confused by Mzansi lingo shares hilarious questions about South Africa

People

a month ago

An American woman living in Cape Town shared a viral video asking locals to explain confusing South African lingo from robots to braai sauce, sparking a debate.

"Real world-ready": Sandton gets new R420 million Emeris campus

People

a month ago

ADvTECH has announced plans for a massive new Sandton campus with mock courtrooms and podcast studios as private education prepares for university recognition.

"Life of a young widow": Johannesburg woman shows her late husband's car getting repossessed by bank

Family and Relationships

a month ago

A Johannesburg woman shared an emotional video of her late husband's car being repossessed by the bank, leaving her son heartbroken over a broken promise.

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