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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Woman's TikTok life hack of layering dresses to create floor-length gowns gets negative reviews

Woman's TikTok life hack of layering dresses to create floor-length gowns gets negative reviews

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi defends boy holding 2 snakes as American 'educates' others about kid's dangerous stunt with puffadders

Mzansi defends boy holding 2 snakes as American 'educates' others about kid's dangerous stunt with puffadders

Africa

3 years ago

Breathtaking SA woman nicknamed 'Kilimanjaro' girl sets TikTok ablaze with viral dance, Mzansi can't get enough

Breathtaking SA woman nicknamed 'Kilimanjaro' girl sets TikTok ablaze with viral dance, Mzansi can't get enough

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Woman's huge birthmark has peeps asking if she repeats racial slurs, US creator asks them to stop in TikTok with 8M views

Woman's huge birthmark has peeps asking if she repeats racial slurs, US creator asks them to stop in TikTok with 8M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

SA Woman deals with breakup by deleting bae's Eskom loadshedding schedule Mzansi laughs at modern version of heartbreak

SA Woman deals with breakup by deleting bae's Eskom loadshedding schedule Mzansi laughs at modern version of heartbreak

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Curro Highschool TikTok sensation Mr Cooper hyped up at athletics event in 2nd viral video of school chanting his name

Curro Highschool TikTok sensation Mr Cooper hyped up at athletics event in 2nd viral video of school chanting his name

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Venda woman's grasshopper recipe in TikTok cooking video leaves Mzansi divided over South African delicacy

Venda woman's grasshopper recipe in TikTok cooking video leaves Mzansi divided over South African delicacy

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman from Venda cooked a lot of grasshoppers on TikTok. People shared their thoughts about the traditional recipe and many were reminded of their childhoods.

3 Mpumalanga schoolgirls do 'Yah Yah Yah' dance challenge, Uncle Waffles joins in as Mzansi fawns over TikTok with 3.5M views

3 Mpumalanga schoolgirls do 'Yah Yah Yah' dance challenge, Uncle Waffles joins in as Mzansi fawns over TikTok with 3.5M views

People

3 years ago

Students in Mpumalanga did the 'Yah yah yah' dance challenge and got praise from Uncle Waffles. The pupils got compliments as South Africans were entertained.

SA woman's dance in shorts gets her compared to Megan Thee Stallion, Mzansi amazed by strong knees in TikTok with 1.4M views

SA woman's dance in shorts gets her compared to Megan Thee Stallion, Mzansi amazed by strong knees in TikTok with 1.4M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A South African dancer did a TikTok dance challenge showing that she has very strong knees. Many even compared her to Grammy winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

White Wits student stops to do amapiano moves for group of girls, Mzansi convinced he's been practising for dance moment

White Wits student stops to do amapiano moves for group of girls, Mzansi convinced he's been practising for dance moment

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Wits student decided to dance to amapiano for girls and his TikTok video went viral. South Africans discussed his lit moves with funny commentary about him.

Slender woman in Pretoria club dances to DJ Maphorisa hit in TikTok with 4M views, SA peeps envious of pro groovist's talent

Slender woman in Pretoria club dances to DJ Maphorisa hit in TikTok with 4M views, SA peeps envious of pro groovist's talent

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A South African girl went clubbing in Pretoria and heard a DJ Maphorisa banger to her delight. The lady's fave amapiano song had her dancing her heart out.

Woman jokes about hubby's sadness since side chick left, relatable TikTok has married women crying

Woman jokes about hubby's sadness since side chick left, relatable TikTok has married women crying

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A married woman in SA joked that her husband was waiting for a text from his side chick. The lady's TikTok got women to share horror stories about marriage.

Mzansi mom plays 'Billie Jean' amapiano remix and dances baby to sleep, TikTok of her goroving with infant in hand leaves many in awe

Mzansi mom plays 'Billie Jean' amapiano remix and dances baby to sleep, TikTok of her goroving with infant in hand leaves many in awe

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman put her baby to sleep using an amapiano 'Billie Jean' remix. People were amazed that the baby fell asleep through the mother's energetic dance moves.

Mzansi brother and sister perform Bob Marley jam with lil bro as backup dancer, TikTok with 5.5M views has peeps howling

Mzansi brother and sister perform Bob Marley jam with lil bro as backup dancer, TikTok with 5.5M views has peeps howling

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Three siblings went TikTok viral after singing Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds'. They were a hit and the youngest stole the spotlight as a background dancer.

Amapiano lover teaches dad Uncle Waffles dance challenge, SA rates father-son moves in TikTok trend

Amapiano lover teaches dad Uncle Waffles dance challenge, SA rates father-son moves in TikTok trend

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One South African father and his son flawlessly did the Uncle Waffles dance on TikTok. Many people were impressed by their facial expressions during the dance.

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