Rianette Cluley

Education: Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom AI Adoption Programme (2025), WIN Global Leadership Accelerator (2025), Journalism AI Academy (Google News Initiative, 2023), Reuters Intro to Digital Journalism (2023), Google News Initiative training (2024).

Experience: Journalist, Witbank News (2007-2008); Journalist, Queensburgh News (2009-2010); Journalist, Highway Mail (2008-2015); Journalist, Northglen News (2013-2014); Project Manager/director, Briefly News (2016-present).

Rianette Cluley is the Media Project Manager of Briefly News (joined in 2016). Previously, she was a journalist and photographer for award-winning publications within the Caxton group (joined in 2008). She also attended the Journalism AI Academy powered by the Google News Initiative and passed a set of trainings for journalists from Google News initiative. In February 2024, she hosted a workshop titled AI for Journalists: Power Up Your Reporting Ethically and was a guest speaker at the Forum of Community Journalists No Guts, No Glory, No Story conference. E-mail: rianette.cluley@briefly.co.za

299 articles published since 16 May 2017

Author's articles

Rich British pilot flies down to Africa to choose a wife from village, marries her

Rich British pilot flies down to Africa to choose a wife from village, marries her

Family and Relationships

a year ago

Man in tears as he reunites with son after 15 years, TikTok video melts hearts

Man in tears as he reunites with son after 15 years, TikTok video melts hearts

People

a year ago

38 year old single woman with no kids pours out her heart in TikTok video about desires

38 year old single woman with no kids pours out her heart in TikTok video about desires

People

a year ago

USA denies lady visa after she spent her last money, sheds tears in TikTok video

USA denies lady visa after she spent her last money, sheds tears in TikTok video

People

a year ago

Young man defeated after losing R4K he won on sports betting right after winning it in video

Young man defeated after losing R4K he won on sports betting right after winning it in video

People

a year ago

Woman makes fun of wheelbarrow pusher who tried to woo her in TikTok video, peeps divided

Woman makes fun of wheelbarrow pusher who tried to woo her in TikTok video, peeps divided

People

a year ago

TikTok video shows student in tears as she displays R80 textbook her department forced them to buy

TikTok video shows student in tears as she displays R80 textbook her department forced them to buy

People

a year ago

An undergraduate has taken to social media to lament over the textbook her department made them all to purchase at N4k. She said it had no relation to her course.

Man in taxi blasts lady for refusing to give him her number, woman records TikTok video of him

Man in taxi blasts lady for refusing to give him her number, woman records TikTok video of him

People

a year ago

There was a heated exchange of words between a young lady and a man after she refused to give him her phone number. This drew reactions from many netizens.

Man shares tiny apartment that costs over R35k in New York City without toilet inside

Man shares tiny apartment that costs over R35k in New York City without toilet inside

People

a year ago

A man shared a video of an apartment which costs $2000 (N1.7 million) in New York City. He said the toilet for the apartment is located outside and not within.

Man irons clothes for 142hrs to break Guinness World Record and spends R700 on his goal

Man irons clothes for 142hrs to break Guinness World Record and spends R700 on his goal

People

a year ago

A Nigerian man from Kogi state ironed clothes non-stop for 142 hours in a quest to break a Guinness World Record. He stopped based on medical advice.

Lady goes through surgery to reduce her jaw size, TikTok video of recovery gets 5.4 million views

Lady goes through surgery to reduce her jaw size, TikTok video of recovery gets 5.4 million views

People

a year ago

A lady who went for an underbite surgery to reduce the size of her jaws shared a video of the process on TikTok and it got over 5.4 million views on the platform.

"I caught him on camera": Woman who entered her children's room at 3 am sees hubby praying for them

"I caught him on camera": Woman who entered her children's room at 3 am sees hubby praying for them

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A video making the rounds on social media has captured the emotional moment a woman saw her husband praying for their children. The scene touched her heart.

Man in TikTok video gets 5 women pregnant at the same time, peeps compare him to Nick Cannon

Man in TikTok video gets 5 women pregnant at the same time, peeps compare him to Nick Cannon

Family and Relationships

a year ago

A young man has sent social media users into a frenzy for getting five women pregnant at the same time. The women happily flaunted their baby bumps.

After 6 years of childlessness, couple welcomes triplets with photo that left peeps gushing

After 6 years of childlessness, couple welcomes triplets with photo that left peeps gushing

People

a year ago

A Nigerian couple have finally delivered babies after six years of waiting. Nigerian actress, Omotunde Adebowale-David, shared the joyful news along with photos.

"People think I'm mad too": Lady who works as psychiatric nurse shares some features of the job

"People think I'm mad too": Lady who works as psychiatric nurse shares some features of the job

Sports

a year ago

A lady who is a psychiatric nurse said many people think she is mad too because she takes care of mad people. She shared insights into her job as well.

Rianette Cluley