Rutendo Masasi

Education: English (BA and Law, BA (Hons), Rhodes University, (2014-2017), Google News Initiative training (2024), Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom AI Adoption Programme (2025)

Experience: Briefly News (2022-present)

Awards: Top story of the year 2023 by Briefly News

Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 4 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of training courses by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za

5843 articles published since 04 May 2022

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Ndebele women do traditional dance in full cultural attire, TikTok of African tribe mesmerises SA

People

3 years ago

SA parent realises isiZulu curriculum has kid adding "i" in front of every word, SA convinced kids are failing

People

3 years ago

South African white wedding impresses TikTok users, beautiful union has Mzansi in their feels

People

3 years ago

Sandton boy's amapiano routine to 'Mnike' gets 1.5M TikTok views, Mzansi applaud his lit moves

People

3 years ago

Woman passionately singing eTV's 'Cool Catz' theme song gets 1.2M TikTok views and has Mzansi laughing

People

3 years ago

Man tries to put baby to sleep by strapping him to his back, Mzansi Twitter users have funny suggestions to help him

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Woman blocks mom on WhatsApp and sparks heated debate, Mzansi discusses her actions

People

3 years ago

A woman shared a screenshot of her mother as a blocked contact. The Twitter post left South Africans concerned as they discussed if the woman was justified.

Mpumalanga man's 1 room apartment in 4 Facebook photos are a hit, Mzansi inspired by his neat bachelor's

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A man on Facebook to show peeps the small house he built. Many South Africans were impressed by how neat his bachelor's pad looked and it overall aesthetic.

Woman goes on hot air balloon ride in Hartbeespoort, wig comes loose during emergency landing

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman went to Hartbeespoor t for a hotair balloon ride that ended in disaster. People were amused as her wif did not stay put during an emergency landing.

White man does tricky amapiano TikTok dance challenge, SA blown away as he nails it "Thata mlungu"

People

3 years ago

One white man did a TikTok dance challenge and did it well. South Africans were impressed as they let the man know that he made the dance trend look easy.

SA in tears over Facebook marketplace listings, bizarre items for sale leave TikTook users puzzled, "Bro selling loadshedding"

People

3 years ago

A TikTok creator showed things for sale on Facebook market place. The vfunny ideo cracked many people up as they wondered about the strange items being sold.

Soweto woman renovates bathroom on tight budget less than R3k, cost of labour has Mzansi impressed

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman in Soweto imprvoed on her bathroom and shared the cost with TikTok users. Mzansi was surprised by how little it cost to get evertything installed.

Woman's inlaws finally accept her after 20 years, Tswana ceremony in Soweto goes TikTok viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One woman was happy to be finally accepted by inlaws after 20 years. South African peeps found the video of the Sowet ceremony posted on TikTok to be riveting.

Domestic worker and young man dance to TikTok song, Mzansi loves their bond on TikTok

People

3 years ago

One popular domestic worker went TikTok viral for dancing with a young gent. South African online users complimented the happy duo on their enteraining video.

British woman tries amapiano dance challenge, Mzansi rates entry into latest TikTok trend

People

3 years ago

A British woman did the latest amapiano dance challenge on the soicals. The TikTok video went viral, and South Africans were only too happy to give feedback.

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