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

2034 articles published since 02 Dec 2024

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"This is not even all": Gauteng young woman goes through her late uncle's designer shoe collection

Family and Relationships

27 days ago

"This had me in tears": Kind gesture from friend on birthday leaves Western Cape woman emotional

Family and Relationships

27 days ago

"How a queen lives": Self-made woman flaunts success as she oversees construction project

Women Empowerment

27 days ago

"Best kept secret": Woman shows where to get cheap gifts from a Durban factory shop for only R40

Family and Relationships

27 days ago

Gunfire reported as two ships attempt to cross the Strait of Hormuz amid fresh Iranian warning

Asia

28 days ago

NUM marches through Johannesburg streets over Eskom unbundling and rising electricity costs

South Africa

28 days ago

"Different doesn't always mean better or worse": SA woman shares culture shock after moving to NZ

Family and Relationships

28 days ago

A South African woman living in New Zealand shared everyday things that felt completely foreign after leaving SA, from open houses to peaceful traffic.

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"It restored a sense of pride": Shoprite steps in to aid learners with water at Verulam Secondary

Family and Relationships

28 days ago

Shoprite partnered with Gift of the Givers to install a borehole at Verulam Secondary School in KwaZulu-Natal, ending years of water shortages affecting learners.

Exclusive

"A solution": Cape Town shisanyama traders working in safer conditions with solar lighting solution

Women Empowerment

28 days ago

A pilot project in Langa, Cape Town has given informal shisanyama traders solar lighting kits that have improved safety, reduced robbery risk and saved them money.

"This is kidnapping to me": South African woman stuck in Nigeria desperately wants her son back home

Family and Relationships

29 days ago

A South African mother travelled to Nigeria to bring her son home after six years apart, but was denied access to the child and is now stuck in the country.

"It's a concept": German woman shares culture shock of South Africans' fascination with BMWs

Family and Relationships

29 days ago

A German woman in a relationship with a South African man shared her culture shock at how differently South Africans and Germans view success and showing off.

"Time, faith and patience": The Jan van Riebeeck apple makes a comeback in Cape Town

People

29 days ago

Tru-Cape planted the fourth known Witte Wijnappel tree in South Africa at a Cape Town school, marking 364 years since Jan van Riebeeck first grew apples at the Cape.

"Don't touch it": Namibian doctor walks through grocery store showing good and bad foods to buy

Family and Relationships

a month ago

A Namibian doctor walked through a grocery store calling out vegetable oil, popular breakfast cereals and common snacks, and sharing what people should be buying.

"Flyer than 99%": Ethiopian kid goes viral after getting dubbed the next big thing in fashion

People

a month ago

A young Ethiopian boy has gone viral for his incredibly creative outfit videos, styling looks with no branded items that have the fashion world taking notice.

"Quality is better here": American shares culture shocks in SA that had Mzansi in stitches

Family and Relationships

a month ago

An American woman touring South Africa shared a photo series of all the culture shocks she experienced, from giant spiders to small but quality foods.

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