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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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Deadbeat dad desperate for R150 asks baby mama over phone call, viral audio on Twitter has Mzansi amused

Deadbeat dad desperate for R150 asks baby mama over phone call, viral audio on Twitter has Mzansi amused

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Furious snake strikes man right in the face, TikTok of venomous viper's attack goes viral

Furious snake strikes man right in the face, TikTok of venomous viper's attack goes viral

Europe

3 years ago

Snake chases man in TikTok video, viper's 'attack' that has Mzansi scared explained by expert

Snake chases man in TikTok video, viper's 'attack' that has Mzansi scared explained by expert

Africa

3 years ago

Bonga Sithole posing at the beach goes viral on Twitter, sweet pic leaves Mzansi peeps in their feels

Bonga Sithole posing at the beach goes viral on Twitter, sweet pic leaves Mzansi peeps in their feels

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi in love with white woman's Xhosa wedding dress, SA stans TikTok of interracial couple's traditional wedding

Mzansi in love with white woman's Xhosa wedding dress, SA stans TikTok of interracial couple's traditional wedding

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi howling as man in Namibia narrates what it'd be like to walk home in SA amid loadshedding and tiger problems

Mzansi howling as man in Namibia narrates what it'd be like to walk home in SA amid loadshedding and tiger problems

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi woman demands Maldives vacay instead of lobola, screenshots of couple's brutal texts go Twitter viral

Mzansi woman demands Maldives vacay instead of lobola, screenshots of couple's brutal texts go Twitter viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman told her man that she wanted to go to the Maldives. The lady went Twitter viral as she insisted on a holiday when he said he had to pay her lobola first

African woman strolls by pack of hyenas with ease, TikTok of wild animals looking nervous around her goes viral with 9.2M views

African woman strolls by pack of hyenas with ease, TikTok of wild animals looking nervous around her goes viral with 9.2M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman went viral on TikTok for walking past a pack of hyenas. Online users applauded the brave lady for her daring display while getting around at night.

Mzansi woman makes ick list about living in USA, SA cracks jokes over viral TikTok with 1.6M views

Mzansi woman makes ick list about living in USA, SA cracks jokes over viral TikTok with 1.6M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Mzansi woman in the USA shared things she hates after moving. South Africans were thoroughly amused by her list of 10 things she is getting used to in the US.

Joburg woman's wig grabbed by thieves 20 minutes after install at salon, Mzansi howling over viral TikTok

Joburg woman's wig grabbed by thieves 20 minutes after install at salon, Mzansi howling over viral TikTok

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A TikTok of a woman who got her work done and enjoyed it for a few minutes because it got stolen. The clip of what she looked like after theft had peeps amused.

Curro Limpopo matric students' flawless Bacardi dance leaves Mzansi impressed in viral TikTok with 2.1M views

Curro Limpopo matric students' flawless Bacardi dance leaves Mzansi impressed in viral TikTok with 2.1M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Limpopo high school students were doing the Bacardi dance in a viral TikTok. Online users were blown away by how perfectly the girls executed the viral dance.

Mzansi screams as man and domestic worker poke fun at motivational speaker's advice in TikTok following his advice

Mzansi screams as man and domestic worker poke fun at motivational speaker's advice in TikTok following his advice

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A TikTok of a domestic worker and a man went viral after making fun of a motivational speaker. Peeps were amused as the TikTokkers mocked the speaker's advice.

Durban woman aims to turn house into 5-star hotel, Mzansi floored by 6 pics of stunning bedroom interior

Durban woman aims to turn house into 5-star hotel, Mzansi floored by 6 pics of stunning bedroom interior

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman on Facebook got compliments after showing off her bedroom in a public group. The homemaker told people that she wants to turn her house into a hotel.

TikTok of leopard going after biker, 1 man and a dog get 42.5M views, video of savage animal attack has peeps in awe

TikTok of leopard going after biker, 1 man and a dog get 42.5M views, video of savage animal attack has peeps in awe

Asia

3 years ago

A leopard in a TikTok sprang to attack a dog, a biker and a man who tried to help. The viral TikTok shows how lucky the men were to get away with their lives.

TikTok of woman reenacting 'The Conjuring' scene to scare husband goes viral video with 9.2M views

TikTok of woman reenacting 'The Conjuring' scene to scare husband goes viral video with 9.2M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A wife dressed up as the nun from 'The Conjuring; to scare her unsuspecting hubby. The lady went TikTok viral as her partner fled from her during the prank.

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