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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SA pastor turns up to Ntate Stunna's 'Stimela' with his church, Mzansi suspects he is TikTok creator after playing amapiano banger

SA pastor turns up to Ntate Stunna's 'Stimela' with his church, Mzansi suspects he is TikTok creator after playing amapiano banger

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

5 Joburg school boys' amapiano moves are a viral hit with Mzansi after they all move as 1 in TikTok dance

5 Joburg school boys' amapiano moves are a viral hit with Mzansi after they all move as 1 in TikTok dance

Education

3 years ago

Pretoria Curro schoolboys vibing and dancing to song go TikTok viral, Mzansi cracks jokes over funny video

Pretoria Curro schoolboys vibing and dancing to song go TikTok viral, Mzansi cracks jokes over funny video

Education

3 years ago

Woman's waist movement for 'Bhebha' dance challenge while wearing miniskirt, TikTok with 2.4M views has SA hypnotised

Woman's waist movement for 'Bhebha' dance challenge while wearing miniskirt, TikTok with 2.4M views has SA hypnotised

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Tswana woman impersonates madala with old school dance to house music, TikTok has peeps nostalgic

Tswana woman impersonates madala with old school dance to house music, TikTok has peeps nostalgic

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

American woman met foreign hubby on Facebook who got he ring worth over R30k, love story leaves internet moved

American woman met foreign hubby on Facebook who got he ring worth over R30k, love story leaves internet moved

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Woman doing TikTok dance in real life at event gets 4.9M views as onlooker checking her out has peeps howling

Woman doing TikTok dance in real life at event gets 4.9M views as onlooker checking her out has peeps howling

US

3 years ago

One happy woman did a TikTok challenge in real life. People were in stitches as onlookers were mesmerized by the girl who earned her praise from netizens.

Woman's tiny shorts during Bacardi challenge attempt get more attention after she butchers TikTok dance trend

Woman's tiny shorts during Bacardi challenge attempt get more attention after she butchers TikTok dance trend

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman on TikTok did the Bacardi dance challenge but got attention because of her outfit. Online peeps were honest and told the woman she should practice her.

Snake handler brings python to South African primary school, TikTok of tiny kids scrambling in fear of giant serpent

Snake handler brings python to South African primary school, TikTok of tiny kids scrambling in fear of giant serpent

Africa

3 years ago

A room full of pupils in South Africa were scared when a snake expert took out a giant python. Mzansi defended the kids, saying that they we right to be scared.

Nigerian woman gives white partner's mom African dance move lessons in TikTok dance video, internet in stitches

Nigerian woman gives white partner's mom African dance move lessons in TikTok dance video, internet in stitches

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman on TikTok showed her white partner's mom some afrobeat dance moves. Online users couldn't stop raving about how cute and fun their relationship looked.

SA woman with buzzcut compared to Doja Cat after Bacardi dance challenge video leaves Mzansi drooling

SA woman with buzzcut compared to Doja Cat after Bacardi dance challenge video leaves Mzansi drooling

Music

3 years ago

A Cape Town beauty on TikTok did the Bacardi dance challenge. The pretty lady went viral, and people couldn't stop raving about how good she looked in the video

French woman's version of 'Fatela' in 2 languages including isiZulu has Mzansi applauding viral TikTok

French woman's version of 'Fatela' in 2 languages including isiZulu has Mzansi applauding viral TikTok

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A French girl sang a Zulu song and people could not get enough of it. South Africans were thoroughly impressed as she performed in both isiZulu and French.

Cape Town snake catcher releases 40 Cape cobras into wild, SA asks him to let them loose at ANC Headquarters

Cape Town snake catcher releases 40 Cape cobras into wild, SA asks him to let them loose at ANC Headquarters

Africa

3 years ago

A snakekeeper saw a man take 40 cobras into the wild. People were amazed that he caught them in less than a month and said he should put them at Luthuli House.

Domestic worker and TikTok star Thembi flexes skills after Malcom Wentzel says fans are dragging her for leaving iron switched on

Domestic worker and TikTok star Thembi flexes skills after Malcom Wentzel says fans are dragging her for leaving iron switched on

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Domestic worker Thembi caught wind that she was getting dragged for leaving her iron on. Malcom Wentzel shared a video of her explaining why she is the best.

African traditional dance goes TikTok viral, lightning-fast legwork in zaouli dance videos impresses millions

African traditional dance goes TikTok viral, lightning-fast legwork in zaouli dance videos impresses millions

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A dance, zaouli, from Cote d'Ivoire, went viral on TikTok as people got curious about it. Peeps were amazed and they could see how difficult the dance is.

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