Best News & Entertainment '24

Privie Kandi

Education: Journalism and Mass Communication graduate, the Christian College of Southern Africa (2014 - 2016), The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing (2020) - Google, Google News Initiative training (2024)

Experience: Communications Officer, Zimbabwe International Film & Festival Trust (2016-2018); Online writer and editor, CMETV (2019-2022); Entertainment HOD, Briefly News (2022- Present)

Privilege Kandi is the Entertainment HOD at Briefly News (joined in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for over 10 years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for the lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.

5071 articles published since 03 Feb 2022

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Minnie Dlamini vs Quinton Jones: Social media users claim South African star was played by her ex

Minnie Dlamini vs Quinton Jones: Social media users claim South African star was played by her ex

Celebrities

3 years ago

Burna Boy concert: New report rubbishes claims Nigerian singer only sold 1 500 tickets for his show

Burna Boy concert: New report rubbishes claims Nigerian singer only sold 1 500 tickets for his show

Celebrities

3 years ago

Blxckie can't keep calm after receiving praise from Canadian singer Nelly Furtado in viral post

Blxckie can't keep calm after receiving praise from Canadian singer Nelly Furtado in viral post

Celebrities

3 years ago

Basetsana and Romeo Kumalo finally break silence after winning case against Jackie Phamotse

Basetsana and Romeo Kumalo finally break silence after winning case against Jackie Phamotse

Celebrities

3 years ago

Khosi Twala excited about hosting DStv Delicious Festival alongside Lawrence Maleka and other stars

Khosi Twala excited about hosting DStv Delicious Festival alongside Lawrence Maleka and other stars

Celebrities

3 years ago

Gogo Maweni joins Wuu Wuu Challenge with scary throwback video of owl sent to her house by rival witches

Gogo Maweni joins Wuu Wuu Challenge with scary throwback video of owl sent to her house by rival witches

Celebrities

3 years ago

Tasha Cobbs concert scheduled for Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban cancelled, SA heartbroken

Tasha Cobbs concert scheduled for Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban cancelled, SA heartbroken

Celebrities

3 years ago

American gospel singer Tasha Cobbs' concert scheduled for Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban has been cancelled. Vusi Kunene's concert was also cancelled

Jessica Nkosi's Volvo competition winner Siphosihle talks about driving lux R1.2M whip for 1 week

Jessica Nkosi's Volvo competition winner Siphosihle talks about driving lux R1.2M whip for 1 week

Celebrities

3 years ago

Jessica Nkosi's fan who won the Volvo competition she ran on her Instagram page said she enjoyed the experience of driving the Volvo XC60 for one week

DStv Delicious festival trends on social media as Mzansi can't wait for top event: "2 more sleeps"

DStv Delicious festival trends on social media as Mzansi can't wait for top event: "2 more sleeps"

Celebrities

3 years ago

The DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival is trending on Twitter as fans can't wai to attend the event. Performances will include Maxwell and Tems

Simz Ngema praised for using her influence to call out SA government over loadshedding

Simz Ngema praised for using her influence to call out SA government over loadshedding

Celebrities

3 years ago

Simz Ngema recently took to Instagram to call out the South African government for failing to come up with lasting solutions to fix the loadshedding problems.

Burna Boy concert officially cancelled due to low ticket sales, Mzansi celebrates on social media

Burna Boy concert officially cancelled due to low ticket sales, Mzansi celebrates on social media

Celebrities

3 years ago

Burna Boy is trending on social media following the reports that his concert has been cancelled. According to the reports, it was due to low ticket sales.

Jackie Phamotse finally speaks out after losing court battle against Basetsana and Romeo Kumalo

Jackie Phamotse finally speaks out after losing court battle against Basetsana and Romeo Kumalo

Celebrities

3 years ago

Jackie Phamotse has returned to social media after losing the defamation case against Romeo and Basetsana Kumalo. The controversial author seems unbothered.

Kanye West: Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden raises eyebrows after suggesting rapper must be forgiven

Kanye West: Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden raises eyebrows after suggesting rapper must be forgiven

Celebrities

3 years ago

Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden stirred the pot when he recently suggested that controversial rapper Kanye West must be forgiven for his antisemitic comments.

'Muvhango', '7de Laan', 'Generations: The Legacy' and other SABC soapies removed from DSTV Catch Up

'Muvhango', '7de Laan', 'Generations: The Legacy' and other SABC soapies removed from DSTV Catch Up

TV Shows

3 years ago

The SABC has removed soapies like 'Muvhango', 'Generations: The Legacy', 'Uzalo' and '7de Laan' from DSTV Catch-up. The soapies will now be on SABC+.

Sophie Ndaba oozes elegance in a stunning black and white outfit that is turning heads online

Sophie Ndaba oozes elegance in a stunning black and white outfit that is turning heads online

Celebrities

3 years ago

Sophie Ndaba recently had Mzansi taking notes after sharing pictures and videos of her glamorous outfit. The actress added a touch of elegance with a big hat.

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