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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American white lady learns to cornrow kid's curly hair from black mom-in-law, TikTok gets 3.7M views as peeps rate her work

American white lady learns to cornrow kid's curly hair from black mom-in-law, TikTok gets 3.7M views as peeps rate her work

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi parents lose hide and seek game after looking for toddler for 1 hour, finds him under VW Polo in viral TikTok

Mzansi parents lose hide and seek game after looking for toddler for 1 hour, finds him under VW Polo in viral TikTok

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Snake biting itself 2 times in TikTok with 31.7M views has peeps in stitches as serpent mistakes own tail for danger

Snake biting itself 2 times in TikTok with 31.7M views has peeps in stitches as serpent mistakes own tail for danger

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Snake placed in pool swims effortlessly in viral TikTok with 6.7M views, man touching his pet terrifies peeps

Snake placed in pool swims effortlessly in viral TikTok with 6.7M views, man touching his pet terrifies peeps

Europe

3 years ago

Curro Pretoria matric student is TikTok sensation after viral dance video of school chanting his name got 1.7M views

Curro Pretoria matric student is TikTok sensation after viral dance video of school chanting his name got 1.7M views

Education

3 years ago

Eskom Stage 6 has SA bitter, Twitter users joke through the pain after video of potential Eskom repair trucks gave false hope

Eskom Stage 6 has SA bitter, Twitter users joke through the pain after video of potential Eskom repair trucks gave false hope

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Church mama joyously gets ready for Sunday service, goes Twitter viral with 2.7M views as tweeps gush over outfit and matching hubby

Church mama joyously gets ready for Sunday service, goes Twitter viral with 2.7M views as tweeps gush over outfit and matching hubby

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Twitter video of an elderly woman getting ready for church went viral. The video was spread on social media as people reacted to the joyous lady's outfit.

Shoprite worker's house she and hubby in security built with salaries goes TikTok viral, peep in awe of 2 storey home

Shoprite worker's house she and hubby in security built with salaries goes TikTok viral, peep in awe of 2 storey home

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A TikTok of a Shoprite worker's house built with her husband who works in security had people amazed. The couple built a two-story home with their salaries.

Woman on TikTok tries to move python with bare hands and goes viral after snake attacks her

Woman on TikTok tries to move python with bare hands and goes viral after snake attacks her

Asia

3 years ago

A woman came across a python on the road and tried to move it by holding its tail. Online peeps were horrified as the snake reacted badly to being touched.

Cape Town mom on TikTok spoils daughter on birthday, viral video of 5+ gifts including Nike Air Force sneakers goes viral

Cape Town mom on TikTok spoils daughter on birthday, viral video of 5+ gifts including Nike Air Force sneakers goes viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman on TikTok showed people how she spoilt her daughter on her birthday. The little girl in Cape Town was delighted by the gifts she got on her special day.

Canadian lady wows Mzansi with Uncle Waffles dance, TikTok dancer steals show between 2 others in video with 1.7M views

Canadian lady wows Mzansi with Uncle Waffles dance, TikTok dancer steals show between 2 others in video with 1.7M views

Europe

3 years ago

A Canadian woman did a TikTok dance to an amapiano jam and went viral. Peeps thought the lady stood out even though she was dancing with the other TikTokkkers.

Mzansi toddlers' interracial love: White girl and black boy go TikTok viral over 'love story' that has SA gushing

Mzansi toddlers' interracial love: White girl and black boy go TikTok viral over 'love story' that has SA gushing

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Two kids went viral on TikTok after a white girl kissed a black boy. People were convinced that their toddlers were having an adorable romantic relationship.

Mzansi students crossing flooded bridge, TikTok of kids struggling against strong current breaks SA's hearts

Mzansi students crossing flooded bridge, TikTok of kids struggling against strong current breaks SA's hearts

Education

3 years ago

A TikTok of South African school kids crossing a flooded bridge went viral. Peeps were terrified for the pupils' lives after the school bus got stuck in water.

Mzansi man creates urban 'safari' about SA potholes, viral TikTok has whole world laughing, "I thought you were in Trinidad"

Mzansi man creates urban 'safari' about SA potholes, viral TikTok has whole world laughing, "I thought you were in Trinidad"

South Africa

3 years ago

A man on TikTok made fun of potholels in Mzansi. Peeps around the world, including Zimbabwe, Botswana, Trinidad and more said they could relate to the issue.

SA snake catcher nabs 1.3m long spitting cobra found in Mpumalanga house, viral TikTok has peeps petrified

SA snake catcher nabs 1.3m long spitting cobra found in Mpumalanga house, viral TikTok has peeps petrified

Africa

3 years ago

A pro removed a venomous spitting cobra out of someone's home in Mpumalanga. Online users were terrified by the viral TikTok that showed how he got rid of it.

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