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

2594 articles published since 02 Dec 2024

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"This place is stunning": SA woman shares her experience visiting Nigeria

Family and Relationships

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"Enough to mess up your day": Pretoria gent shares scary black mamba rescue operation

Family and Relationships

5 months ago

"We're still vibing": African gent vibing to Chinese mix gets the internet talking

People

5 months ago

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"They don't look like stickers": Soweto woman shares plug for stick-on tiles costing R350

People

5 months ago

"Don't cry": Gent shows the English rugby team's reaction to their next match against the Springboks

People

5 months ago

"A new era": KZN doctors perform incisionless brain surgery for the first time on the South Coast

People

5 months ago

"This wasn't my victory": EMS practitioner gives follow-up on recent Pretoria black mamba bite case

Family and Relationships

5 months ago

Pretoria EMS practitioner Xander Loubser shared a detailed follow-up on the Jan Niemand Park black mamba bite case, explaining every decision made.

"Your money disappears": Joburg gent breaks down 5 things SA pays more for than most in the world

People

5 months ago

A Joburg gent listed 5 things South Africans pay way more for than most other countries in the world, and the number one item on the list had people fuming.

"Take that risk": Joburg woman does her makeup at Small Street and the results have SA talking

People

5 months ago

A Joburg beauty creator got her makeup done at a street stall on Small Street for just R150 and the results were stunning enough to wear to an event.

"9.8 out of 10": UK gent praises South Africa's cheap but amazing steak

People

5 months ago

A UK travel creator visited a Cape Town steakhouse, paid R450 for a 350g fillet, rated it 9.8 out of 10, and called SA the land of cheap and amazing steak.

"Locked up for love": Garden Route SPCA members get arrested in a clever bid to raise money

Family and Relationships

5 months ago

The Garden Route SPCA's Locked Up for Love fundraiser saw volunteers "arrested" at the Garden Route Mall in George, with the George community raising R230,000.

"Next time": Angry crowd throws bottles at an ANC representative in Hoy Park

People

5 months ago

A video from Hoy Park in Joburg shows a community gathering turning chaotic as residents threw water bottles at an ANC representative and drowned him out with noise.

"For our mother": Twin sisters honour their mother's legacy on graduation day at Stellenbosch

Women Empowerment

5 months ago

Twin sisters graduated on the same day from Stellenbosch University, honouring their mother who was forced to abandon her medical degree there during apartheid.

"His song continues in all of us": Drakensberg Boys Choir founder dies and SA mourns a true legend

Family and Relationships

5 months ago

The Drakensberg Boys Choir School announced the passing of their founder, Mr John Tungay and the tribute the boys performed in his memory left SA in tears.

"Bless you": KZN woman shows how terrible weather destroyed their home but still kept her dog safe

Family and Relationships

5 months ago

A woman from Mpophomeni in KwaZulu-Natal showed the damage a hailstorm caused to her home, but what she did for her dog that day had people deeply moved.

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