Best News & Entertainment '24

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

5853 articles published since 04 May 2022

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Joburg influencer mom of 2 humbled after dad eagerly negotiated less than R20k for her lobola

Joburg influencer mom of 2 humbled after dad eagerly negotiated less than R20k for her lobola

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Man's swift hip thrusts to African beat has SA laughing over viral TikTok with 1.8M views

Man's swift hip thrusts to African beat has SA laughing over viral TikTok with 1.8M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Johannesburg student's Bacardi dance challenge at a Tembisa kasi high school has Mzansi worried for our youth

Johannesburg student's Bacardi dance challenge at a Tembisa kasi high school has Mzansi worried for our youth

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Loadshedding has 4-year-old stuck in lift with mom, TikTok leaves Mzansi moved as they share McDs and sing to keep calm

Loadshedding has 4-year-old stuck in lift with mom, TikTok leaves Mzansi moved as they share McDs and sing to keep calm

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Uncle Waffles' dance challenge attempted by 4 KZN schoolgirls, viral TikTok of amapiano moves have SA applauding

Uncle Waffles' dance challenge attempted by 4 KZN schoolgirls, viral TikTok of amapiano moves have SA applauding

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi Karen embarrassed after man with Zuma-themed superbike shuts down her complaints about loud vehicle

Mzansi Karen embarrassed after man with Zuma-themed superbike shuts down her complaints about loud vehicle

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

2 Mzansi schoolgirls use edge control to give white boy laid 'edges', TikTok leaves SA in stitches

2 Mzansi schoolgirls use edge control to give white boy laid 'edges', TikTok leaves SA in stitches

Education

3 years ago

TikTok users were amazed by a girl and her friend for using edge control on a white boy's hair. Peeps were in stitches as her work on his hair turned out great.

Left-handed Mzansi toddler drawing since 3 completes elephant sketch in 30 seconds, TikTok with 1.8M view impresses SA

Left-handed Mzansi toddler drawing since 3 completes elephant sketch in 30 seconds, TikTok with 1.8M view impresses SA

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One little boy drew an elephant quickly in a viral TiK ToK video. The video got more than a million views and many people were convinced the boy is gifted.

Joburg interior designer's dramatic home renovation inspires SA, TikTok of spectacular transformation wows internet

Joburg interior designer's dramatic home renovation inspires SA, TikTok of spectacular transformation wows internet

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Johannesburg interior designer showed people how his company renovated a family home. People were fascinated by how much work was put into elevating the house

Ama2k mom's Bacardi dance challenge has SA stanning, Mzansi gives advice on how to make it look better

Ama2k mom's Bacardi dance challenge has SA stanning, Mzansi gives advice on how to make it look better

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A lady went viral on TikTok after doing the Bacardi dance trend. Mzansi mothers were happy to find out she was a mom and a good representation of SA mothers.

Mzansi schoolboy dances and gets 500k TikTok views, SA praises his smooth moves

Mzansi schoolboy dances and gets 500k TikTok views, SA praises his smooth moves

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A South African schoolkid was dancing his heart out on TikTok. Online users enjoyed his performance of an amapiano song, and it included complicated footwork.

Spar and Engen garage's R5 difference in bread price sparks debate about SA supermarkets, "Woolworths bread is cheaper"

Spar and Engen garage's R5 difference in bread price sparks debate about SA supermarkets, "Woolworths bread is cheaper"

Economy

3 years ago

A post on Twitter about Spar and Engen shows bread at drastically different price points. Peeps were in disbelief after seeing the R5 difference for bread.

Mpumalanga woman reminisces about bae's 1 bedroom she used to visit, posts 4 pics of bachelor's apartment and leaves SA with questions

Mpumalanga woman reminisces about bae's 1 bedroom she used to visit, posts 4 pics of bachelor's apartment and leaves SA with questions

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Mpumalanga woman showed pics of where she'd visit her bae. Online peeps rated the apartment and tried to find out more about the state of her relationship.

Woman wins car and destroys it in dealership parking lot, video of her crashing brand new whip has SA amazed

Cars and Tech

3 years ago

A woman crashed her Hyundai that she won from a dealership. Footage shows how the lady lost control of the vehicle and woman crashed the car in the parking lot.

TikTok of Cape Town girl's amapiano dance while showing off after-school outfit charms Mzansi

TikTok of Cape Town girl's amapiano dance while showing off after-school outfit charms Mzansi

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Cape Town school kid went viral after dancing to amapiano. The young student's dance videos had people applauding her dance skill as a future choreographer.

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