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

2591 articles published since 02 Dec 2024

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“You’ve been there”: Bigmankg Keegan Gordon surprises ‘second mom’ Millie with r100,000 cash gift

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New tax rule targets SA retirees holding multiple living annuities with same provider

People

16 days ago

True crime commentator examines Ethan Coetzee’s alleged control over Cameron cooks before her murder

Family and Relationships

16 days ago

SA homeowners pay up to 550% more in municipal bills than 20 years ago

People

17 days ago

Joelene Pierce who handwrote 144 letters for a bursary now steps up as KPMG South Africa’s new CEO

Women Empowerment

17 days ago

“It takes a village”: Risso’s dolphin rescued at Silversands beach by community volunteers

People

17 days ago

“Happy to help”: Airlink flies hermit crab back to East London after accidental trip to Joburg

People

17 days ago

A tiny hermit crab accidentally travelled from Kidd's Beach to Johannesburg inside a shell before Airlink helped fly it back home all the way to East london.

“It’s not fact”: True crime debates allegations of coercive control in Cameron Waldeck-cooks case

Family and Relationships

17 days ago

New allegations about Ethan Coetzee's controlling behaviour towards Cameron Waldeck-Cooks have sparked a wider conversation about coercive control.

Free State millionaire and his wife search for second bride and offering her a R20 million estate

Family and Relationships

17 days ago

A Free State millionaire and his wife are searching for a second bride, offering R20 million in estate and R1 million lobola, but one condition has sparked outrage.

“We can save him”: Swansea mum breaks hearts sharing son Tate’s battle with childhood dementia

Family and Relationships

17 days ago

A Swansea mum is raising £1.5 million for gene therapy for her five-year-old son Tate, who has a rare and terminal form of childhood dementia that is terminal.

“After our weird fashion history”: Eastern Cape woman explains why tabby shoes don’t scare her

People

17 days ago

Eastern Cape creator Luchae Williams hilariously explains why South Africans have no right to judge the bizarre Tabby shoe trend currently going around.

“I’ll buy it”: US DJ ‘crashes out’ because she desperately wants SA food in New York

People

17 days ago

An American woman in New York went viral after “crashing out” over her intense craving for South African food and asking someone to cook for her.

“Normal day in SA”: Checkers sixty60 delivery driver robbed at gunpoint outside SA home

People

17 days ago

A Checkers Sixty60 delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint outside a South African home, with CCTV footage showing the shocking details of the incident.

Germiston teen Isabella Kharaka places 2nd at 2026 Blackpool Freestyle World Dance Championships

People

17 days ago

Germiston teen Isabella Kharaka, 14, impressed at the 2026 Blackpool Freestyle World Dance Championships, finishing second in the hip-hop category.

Father Lucas Mmakgathi gets 25 years for strangling his 2-year-old son in North West

Family and Relationships

18 days ago

Lucas Mmakgathi has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering his 2-year-old son after allegedly luring the toddler into a bush in the North West.

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