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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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Woman's 'Bhebha' challenge with 2 friends in the room is a hit, TikTok dance trend with eager spectator delights SA

Woman's 'Bhebha' challenge with 2 friends in the room is a hit, TikTok dance trend with eager spectator delights SA

Music

3 years ago

Canadian woman nails amapiano challenge, Mzansi applauds TikTok of popular SA dance trend

Canadian woman nails amapiano challenge, Mzansi applauds TikTok of popular SA dance trend

Music

3 years ago

South African Medical doctor's payslip gets 1M views on TikTok, Mzansi floored by huge tax deductions

South African Medical doctor's payslip gets 1M views on TikTok, Mzansi floored by huge tax deductions

Economy

3 years ago

Johannesburg man asks for tips to improve 1 room apartment, Facebook users find no faults with already lit space

Johannesburg man asks for tips to improve 1 room apartment, Facebook users find no faults with already lit space

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

IPHC mass wedding: Mom of 3 welcomes sister wife after 18 years of marriage

IPHC mass wedding: Mom of 3 welcomes sister wife after 18 years of marriage

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

American homeless man living in car with kid surprised with Laker's game, Lamborghini ride and wad of cash from random man

American homeless man living in car with kid surprised with Laker's game, Lamborghini ride and wad of cash from random man

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Russia volcano erupts amid Ukraine-Russia conflict, ash cloud 20km high has internet divided

Russia volcano erupts amid Ukraine-Russia conflict, ash cloud 20km high has internet divided

Europe

3 years ago

A natural disaster struck Russia mid-war. Volcanic eruptions in the Kamchatka Peninsula made waves on social media. Online users shared their divided opinions.

Cape Town artist Bravo Le Roux's steamy Twitter video with girlfriend has SA fascinated, hot couple causes buzz

Cape Town artist Bravo Le Roux's steamy Twitter video with girlfriend has SA fascinated, hot couple causes buzz

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One Cape Town musician Bravo Le Roucand and his girlfriend set the Twitter timeline ablaze. The two's chemistry was evident in a clip of them eating together.

Sotho "makoti" pranks tweeps with 4 Twitter photo of traditional ceremony, pic of lobola on table have Mzansi stanning her

Sotho "makoti" pranks tweeps with 4 Twitter photo of traditional ceremony, pic of lobola on table have Mzansi stanning her

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman on Twitter celebrated that her lobola got paid. The bride shared the entire process, including pictures of the dowry money, and revealed it was a prank.

Mzansi defends Asian girl's fluent Setswana from 2 women's weird question in viral TikTok video

Mzansi defends Asian girl's fluent Setswana from 2 women's weird question in viral TikTok video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One little Asian girl spoke Setswana with ease. South Africans on TikTok were divided, and some people felt sorry for her after answering annoying questions.

Electricity minister winning over Mzansi after asking important questions, Twitter video restores the people's faith

Electricity minister winning over Mzansi after asking important questions, Twitter video restores the people's faith

Politics

3 years ago

The Minister of Electricity had many people thinking he might have the answer to Eskom's loadshedding. Tweeps were convinced he knew what he was talking about.

Woman claims she's using RAF money to take son out for lunch after dad's accident payout, Mzansi filled with questions

Woman claims she's using RAF money to take son out for lunch after dad's accident payout, Mzansi filled with questions

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman told Mzansi she was using her baby daddy's RAF money to spoil her son. South Africans had questions about the whereabouts of the father of her kid.

Woman wakes up in burning home, describes harrowing experience with sound effects that have SA howling

Woman wakes up in burning home, describes harrowing experience with sound effects that have SA howling

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Mzansi woman on TikTok told people that her house caught on fire. People could not help but laugh as she dramatically reenacted what went wrong at home.

Man feeds friend chips mid-groove, SA cracking up over booze-fuelled bromance

Man feeds friend chips mid-groove, SA cracking up over booze-fuelled bromance

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Two Mzansi men sharing a bag of chips at groove went viral. South Africans were in stitches when one of their friends tried to feed the other in the moment.

Mpumalanga woman loves SA government job and would reject R10k increase in private sector to remain public servant

Mpumalanga woman loves SA government job and would reject R10k increase in private sector to remain public servant

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman who works in the South African government raved about her job. Peeps discussed the pros and cons of working in the public versus the private sector.

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