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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Little boy blasts 'Tobetsa' to celebrate birthday with dance to fave amapiano banger on viral TikTok with 4.1M views

Little boy blasts 'Tobetsa' to celebrate birthday with dance to fave amapiano banger on viral TikTok with 4.1M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Woman's hubby wants to become a biker, Twitter video of wife disagreeing has Mzansi amused

Woman's hubby wants to become a biker, Twitter video of wife disagreeing has Mzansi amused

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Leopard attacks man, goes TikTok viral as 5 dogs come to his rescue and get 13.3M views leaving peeps amazed

Leopard attacks man, goes TikTok viral as 5 dogs come to his rescue and get 13.3M views leaving peeps amazed

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Mzansi finally knows man who switches off power during loadshedding, peeps up in arms, “So this is him huh”

Mzansi finally knows man who switches off power during loadshedding, peeps up in arms, “So this is him huh”

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Thief steals truck lights amid traffic jam in front of drivers, SA can't believe their eyes after seeing viral Twitter video of theft

Thief steals truck lights amid traffic jam in front of drivers, SA can't believe their eyes after seeing viral Twitter video of theft

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Man gets revenge on gf for long shopping sprees, SA men stan as he makes bae wait for him at hardware store

Man gets revenge on gf for long shopping sprees, SA men stan as he makes bae wait for him at hardware store

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Woman excited to bid Eskom farewell after installing solar panel, SA has questions about its size

Woman excited to bid Eskom farewell after installing solar panel, SA has questions about its size

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman said goodbye to Eskom after installing a solar panel. People saw the size of her alternative source of power and cracked many jokes and her expense.

SA teacher has Mzansi men sweating buckets, 3 pics have peeps clamouring over her beauty, "I want you to be my son's teacher"

SA teacher has Mzansi men sweating buckets, 3 pics have peeps clamouring over her beauty, "I want you to be my son's teacher"

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A stunning Mzansi teacher blew people away with her good looks when she posted pictures of herself. The lady had some men desperate to be a part of her life,

Man with large amounts of cash at ATM has SA scratching heads as man organises stacks of money, "Lobola or deposit"

Man with large amounts of cash at ATM has SA scratching heads as man organises stacks of money, "Lobola or deposit"

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A man withdrawing stacks of money at the ATM left people with many questions. Online users had their suspicions while they tried to make sense of the scene.

Woman had secret baby at 16 years old, story of how she surprised parents with 6-month-old infant has SA in stitches

Woman had secret baby at 16 years old, story of how she surprised parents with 6-month-old infant has SA in stitches

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman told people how she dealt with getting pregnant at 16 years old. A lady kept her pregnancy a secret from her parents until the baby was 6 months old.

Queen's College Boys' High School shows off the tallest and shortest kids in Grade 8 class, photo has Mzansi doubting school

Queen's College Boys' High School shows off the tallest and shortest kids in Grade 8 class, photo has Mzansi doubting school

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Queen's College Boys' High School in Eastern Cape showed its shortest and tallest pupils. People doubted they were in Grade 8 due to their height difference.

Old white lady confronts police officer in isiXhosa on TikTok, has Mzansi thinking she’s Xhosa gogo

Old white lady confronts police officer in isiXhosa on TikTok, has Mzansi thinking she’s Xhosa gogo

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

An old white woman impressed Mzansi with her Xhosa accent. People couldn't figure out why she was angry in a TikTok but supported her since she spoke isiXhosa.

Mzansi floored by Western Cape high school's sky-high 2023 fees, receipt shows 1 parent paid R70K for 1 year

Mzansi floored by Western Cape high school's sky-high 2023 fees, receipt shows 1 parent paid R70K for 1 year

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One person showed people how much it costs to attend Curro Hermanus school in Western Cape. People were completely floored by the huge amount one parent paid.

Man lost at sea for hours gets 31M views viral after family does the most to save him, TikTok of rescue efforts go viral

Man lost at sea for hours gets 31M views viral after family does the most to save him, TikTok of rescue efforts go viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

One man was lost at sea for two hours after diving and went viral on TikTok. Mzansi was moved by how his entire family came to help him without any hesitation.

Husband and wife serenade each other with SeSotho love song, Mzansi moved by adorable pair's heartfelt performance

Husband and wife serenade each other with SeSotho love song, Mzansi moved by adorable pair's heartfelt performance

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A husband and wife serenaded each other and caused a buzz on Twitter. The pair are YouTubers and people could not stop raving about their romantic display.

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