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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

5845 articles published since 04 May 2022

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Woman's bestie buys a new KIA and proud friend congratulates her with video at dealership and of 1st joy ride

Woman's bestie buys a new KIA and proud friend congratulates her with video at dealership and of 1st joy ride

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

2 SA women in taxi have verbal fight in English over passing change, Mzansi minibus drama gets 1.2M views

2 SA women in taxi have verbal fight in English over passing change, Mzansi minibus drama gets 1.2M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi man gives isiXhosa commentary after witnessing 1 guy with 2 women fighting publicly, SA guesses it's love triangle gone wrong

Mzansi man gives isiXhosa commentary after witnessing 1 guy with 2 women fighting publicly, SA guesses it's love triangle gone wrong

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

TikTokker Jessica Mashaba shows ‘Bhebha’ dance challenge tip, South Africans' minds blown by ingenious hack

TikTokker Jessica Mashaba shows ‘Bhebha’ dance challenge tip, South Africans' minds blown by ingenious hack

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Startled pit bull runs into glass door thinking there's danger, peeps amused by TikTok with 66M views

Startled pit bull runs into glass door thinking there's danger, peeps amused by TikTok with 66M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"Yoh Rebecca Malope": Mzansi woman's haircut shows what she wanted vs what she got at barber and has SA cracking jokes

"Yoh Rebecca Malope": Mzansi woman's haircut shows what she wanted vs what she got at barber and has SA cracking jokes

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

SA taxi driver's bad driving lands him in hot water with passengers, Mzansi amused by look inside minibus ride

SA taxi driver's bad driving lands him in hot water with passengers, Mzansi amused by look inside minibus ride

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A taxi driver was driving badly and his passengers confronted him. South Africans were amused by the video of how the minibus driver reacted to criticism.

Zulu woman regrets rollercoaster ride and yells at friends who convinced her to try it

Zulu woman regrets rollercoaster ride and yells at friends who convinced her to try it

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One Zulu woman was scared to be on a rollercoaster ride. The lady went TikTok viral as she swore at her friends for convincing her to try the fun fair ride.

Hoërskool Vanderbijlpark students' uniform steals the show in Joburg schoolkids' TikTok, amapiano dance get 1.3M views

Hoërskool Vanderbijlpark students' uniform steals the show in Joburg schoolkids' TikTok, amapiano dance get 1.3M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Hoërskool Vanderbijlpark students in Gauteng wore their pretty school uniform while dancing to amapiano. The school girls got showered with many compliments.

Man pretends he's Engen employee, has Mzansi laughing over accurate recreation of SA garage experience

Man pretends he's Engen employee, has Mzansi laughing over accurate recreation of SA garage experience

South Africa

3 years ago

A man pretended to be working at Engen in a funny TikTok video. Peeps thought the impersonation of the garage workers was realistic, and peeps were impressed.

2 Gauteng schoolboys have intense amapiano TikTok dance battle, video of their 'fight' gets 1,2M views

2 Gauteng schoolboys have intense amapiano TikTok dance battle, video of their 'fight' gets 1,2M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Two pupils in Gauteng, Sedibeng, did an amapiano dance battle to 'Dinaka' by Cowboy. Peeps commented with compliments for the young boys' friendly dance fight.

Pastor explains why men leave wives, gets slammed after saying women should not ignore their men for kids

Pastor explains why men leave wives, gets slammed after saying women should not ignore their men for kids

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One pastor gave people marriage advice after noticing more divorces. Mzansi peeps disagreed after he blamed the women for why husbands divorce their wives.

"Nka loma Gert Coetzee": Bridal gown at Pedi wedding has Mzansi amused, SA has questions after seeing video of bridesmaids' outfits

"Nka loma Gert Coetzee": Bridal gown at Pedi wedding has Mzansi amused, SA has questions after seeing video of bridesmaids' outfits

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman's wedding dress was less than impressive to South Africans. The lady wore a peplum-style dress to her wedding, and people thought it was hilarious.

Mzansi questions bricks used to build mansion, Twitter video of crumbling house leaves SA concerned about construction quality

Mzansi questions bricks used to build mansion, Twitter video of crumbling house leaves SA concerned about construction quality

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One video on Twitter showed a house made with questionable bricks. Many online users thought the huge home looked like it was going to fall any time soon.

Throwback TikTok of school girls' head vosho to DJ Clizo banger in 2016 has Mzansi feeling nostalgic

Throwback TikTok of school girls' head vosho to DJ Clizo banger in 2016 has Mzansi feeling nostalgic

Music

3 years ago

One South African TikTokker reminded people of the 2016 gqom music dance moves. Mzansi peeps went down memory lane of some iconic local dances from years ago.

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