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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KZN school children celebrate teacher's new VW GTI by doing vosho and more moves, Mzansi explains video as TikTok goes viral worldwide

KZN school children celebrate teacher's new VW GTI by doing vosho and more moves, Mzansi explains video as TikTok goes viral worldwide

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

TikTok prank of woman in taxi pretending she's having affair with 1 of the passenger's hubby goes viral with 1.8M views

TikTok prank of woman in taxi pretending she's having affair with 1 of the passenger's hubby goes viral with 1.8M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

5 Mzansi parents who spoiled their kids with Beamer, Mini Copper, VW GTI and other brand new cars that left SA feeling envious

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi taxi driver with pads in minibus rescues girl student in desperate need of them during school hours

Mzansi taxi driver with pads in minibus rescues girl student in desperate need of them during school hours

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi side-eyes Gogo Maweni's Valentine's Day, Twitter clip of sangoma following trail of R100 notes and roses goes viral

Mzansi side-eyes Gogo Maweni's Valentine's Day, Twitter clip of sangoma following trail of R100 notes and roses goes viral

Celebrities

3 years ago

White boy's lit dance goes viral, TikTok of him stealing the show at school concert gets 11.9M views

White boy's lit dance goes viral, TikTok of him stealing the show at school concert gets 11.9M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Lion waking up too soon after sedation has vet and 6 others running, viral TikTok with 9.7M views has peeps screaming

Lion waking up too soon after sedation has vet and 6 others running, viral TikTok with 9.7M views has peeps screaming

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

TiK ToK video shows a sedated lion waking up before schedule. People were completely amazed by seven people running in different directions scared of the lion.

Barcardi dance by curvy Mzansi woman in bathing suit and towel gets 1M TikTok views, viral video has peeps applauding

Barcardi dance by curvy Mzansi woman in bathing suit and towel gets 1M TikTok views, viral video has peeps applauding

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman on TikTok went viral on how to dance flawlessly. People could not get over how she wore the perfect bathing suit to demonstrate her epic dance moves.

Giant snake swallows another huge snake and gets 2M TikTok views, peeps convinced cannibal snake is king cobra

Giant snake swallows another huge snake and gets 2M TikTok views, peeps convinced cannibal snake is king cobra

Asia

3 years ago

A TikTok of a snake swallowing its own kind had people thinking it was a king cobra. The clip went viral as peeps reacted to the snake cannibalising another.

Joburg dentist's tsotsi walk to stay safe in Gauteng goes TikTok viral, man's best defence against crime in SA has peeps in tears

Joburg dentist's tsotsi walk to stay safe in Gauteng goes TikTok viral, man's best defence against crime in SA has peeps in tears

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One man on TikTok showed people that walking like a criminal is the best way to stay safe in South Africa. The video of his "tsotsi walk" went viral on TikTok.

Mzansi riled up by Trevor Noah lookalike on TikTok claiming beloved South African comedian is white

Mzansi riled up by Trevor Noah lookalike on TikTok claiming beloved South African comedian is white

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One man on TikTok who looks like Trevor Noah told people that the comedian looks white. South African supporters immediately came to Trevor Noah's defence.

TikTok of woman cleaning fridge for 1st time in 3 years goes viral with 5.3M views over free service

TikTok of woman cleaning fridge for 1st time in 3 years goes viral with 5.3M views over free service

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A cleaner on TikTok went viral for cleaning a fridge with three years worth of dirt. People were amazed by how the woman transformed the filthy fridge for free.

Valentine's Day: Smitten Curro schoolgirl uses Drake lyrics to woo her bae in viral TikTok video, Mzansi applauds her bravery

Valentine's Day: Smitten Curro schoolgirl uses Drake lyrics to woo her bae in viral TikTok video, Mzansi applauds her bravery

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A South African Indian girl asked her black boyfriend to be her Valentine and they went viral on TikTok. South Africans were happy to see young love blossoming.

Mzansi dad has chest pains after seeing price of Pampers diapers, Facebook video of reaction goes viral

Mzansi dad has chest pains after seeing price of Pampers diapers, Facebook video of reaction goes viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video on Facebook showed how floored one doting dad was by the price of pampers. Peeps were in stitches as he made a skit about how expensive it is for him.

Eskom catches stray bullets as Nando's and McDonald's throw shade amid viral Twitter banter, Mzansi in stitches

Eskom catches stray bullets as Nando's and McDonald's throw shade amid viral Twitter banter, Mzansi in stitches

People

3 years ago

Nando's and McDonald's had Twitter peeps thoroughly amused. The restaurants threw shade at Eskom, and had people complimenting on their lit marketing strategy.

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