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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Man confronts gogo for staying out all night until 7am, her answers to demands about whereabouts has SA busting

Man confronts gogo for staying out all night until 7am, her answers to demands about whereabouts has SA busting

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Man's phone falls into water after setting up phone to film dance video, Twitter video has Mzansi defeated

Man's phone falls into water after setting up phone to film dance video, Twitter video has Mzansi defeated

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Man's 12-hour+ loadshedding schedule from Eskom has Mzansi in disbelief

Man's 12-hour+ loadshedding schedule from Eskom has Mzansi in disbelief

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Hairdresser tightly braids kid's scalp length hair using hair and needle, TikTok video gets 14.6M views

Hairdresser tightly braids kid's scalp length hair using hair and needle, TikTok video gets 14.6M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

2 Pics of fancy tombstones leave Mzansi divided over their purpose in heated debate, "Waste of money"

2 Pics of fancy tombstones leave Mzansi divided over their purpose in heated debate, "Waste of money"

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Nando's helps after woman says she lost job for refusing to sleep with their restaurant manager in Limpopo, SA impressed

Nando's helps after woman says she lost job for refusing to sleep with their restaurant manager in Limpopo, SA impressed

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Woman's TikTok shows how pregnancy humbled her, video of physical transformation goes viral with 7M views

Woman's TikTok shows how pregnancy humbled her, video of physical transformation goes viral with 7M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman's TikTok shows how pregnancy made her face and body change dramatically. The video highlighted the changes and went viral as netizens were in awe.

TikTok of SA pastor's kid munching on communion bread in skaftini goes viral with 1.8M views, SA howling

TikTok of SA pastor's kid munching on communion bread in skaftini goes viral with 1.8M views, SA howling

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A pastor's kid used communion bread as food and went viral on TikTok. People were thoroughly amused by the video and cracked their own jokes about the video.

Mzansi stans woman's brightly coloured well-lit home, peeps applaud her flawless interior decor in 4 pics

Mzansi stans woman's brightly coloured well-lit home, peeps applaud her flawless interior decor in 4 pics

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman posted four pictures of her house on Facebook for other peeps to review. Netizens did not disappoint and shared their thoughts about her home freely.

Man discovers huge snake in his bedroom and goes TikTok viral with 2.2M views as he wonders how it got in

Man discovers huge snake in his bedroom and goes TikTok viral with 2.2M views as he wonders how it got in

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A man found a giant snake in his home that he knew nothing of. The man got reactions from netizens terrified by the snake while others said it was harmless.

Woman with extremely long nails fires back at man asking how she wipes, TikTok of sassy demo gets 3.7M views

Woman with extremely long nails fires back at man asking how she wipes, TikTok of sassy demo gets 3.7M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman with long nails on TikTok showed people how to wipe. Her answer got 3.7M views as she clapped back at a troll asking the question peeps said was common.

SA man eats flaming sushi goes TikTok viral for getting everything wrong, video with 9.7M views has SA in tears

SA man eats flaming sushi goes TikTok viral for getting everything wrong, video with 9.7M views has SA in tears

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A young man tried sushi that was set on fire and went viral on TikTok. Peeps were in stitches as he tried to use chopsticks and gave his review at the end.

Black woman visiting Bali gets box braids done for R800 with seatbelt straps, TikTok with 2.2M views has Mzansi defeated

Black woman visiting Bali gets box braids done for R800 with seatbelt straps, TikTok with 2.2M views has Mzansi defeated

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman in Bali decided to get her hair braided and made a TikTok. Online users reacted to the hairdressers using nylon straps to create the braiding hair.

21-year-old student from Durban shows off organised room, Mzansi inspired by young woman's hard work

21-year-old student from Durban shows off organised room, Mzansi inspired by young woman's hard work

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A 21-year-old homemaker showed people her well-organised home. Online users were impressed by what the young woman managed to create and gave her some advice.

Mzansi sees TikTok of Cape Town penthouse that costs R100k for 1 night, viral video leaves peeps unconvinced of its value

Mzansi sees TikTok of Cape Town penthouse that costs R100k for 1 night, viral video leaves peeps unconvinced of its value

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A man who reviews properties on TikTok shared it would cost R100k to rent per night. Peeps thought it was not worth it considering what the hotel had to offer.

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