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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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Advocate builds dream house for domestic worker mom after she worked years as breadwinner to support him

Advocate builds dream house for domestic worker mom after she worked years as breadwinner to support him

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Coffin used as booze cooler box leaves Mzansi defeated, peeps crack jokes over bizarre photo

Coffin used as booze cooler box leaves Mzansi defeated, peeps crack jokes over bizarre photo

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Stunning farmhouse has Mzansi debating how much time and money it would take to build, expert helps curious netizens

Stunning farmhouse has Mzansi debating how much time and money it would take to build, expert helps curious netizens

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

2 Women trick waitress and leave bill of over R5k unpaid, Mzansi disgusted by outrageous dine and dash stunt

2 Women trick waitress and leave bill of over R5k unpaid, Mzansi disgusted by outrageous dine and dash stunt

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Irish girl in SA chugs undiluted Oros, TikTok taste test video goes viral and Mzansi can't deal

Irish girl in SA chugs undiluted Oros, TikTok taste test video goes viral and Mzansi can't deal

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Doctor shows off Mercedes she bought herself in 2022, pics of new whip from dealership have peeps applauding her

Doctor shows off Mercedes she bought herself in 2022, pics of new whip from dealership have peeps applauding her

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

'Alien creatures' with 6 legs on Western Cape beach leave SA bewildered as peeps shares guesses about disturbing pic

'Alien creatures' with 6 legs on Western Cape beach leave SA bewildered as peeps shares guesses about disturbing pic

Women Empowerment

3 years ago

A picture of five unidentified objects on the beach that people thought was an alien invasion in SA. People were relieved that it was a photographer's work.

US woman lends SA bride her R42k wedding dress, TikTok of generous lady flying to Mzansi for ceremony gets 2.2M views

US woman lends SA bride her R42k wedding dress, TikTok of generous lady flying to Mzansi for ceremony gets 2.2M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

An American woman sent her wedding dress to a bride in SA who wanted the same one. The generous lady came to Mzansi for the wedding and their story went viral.

Man's return from initiation goes viral as proud mom celebrates by throwing bottle of Hennessy in the air, SA in awe of stunnng pics

Man's return from initiation goes viral as proud mom celebrates by throwing bottle of Hennessy in the air, SA in awe of stunnng pics

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman celebrated her lastborn son's initiation. She threw up a bottle of Hennessy into the sky to show she will never have another son who is an initiate.

Man's beautiful eyes have women swooning after showing his resemblance to 2 American celebs

Man's beautiful eyes have women swooning after showing his resemblance to 2 American celebs

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A man said he looks like two American stars who have light blue eyes. People were in awe of his facial features which look like a mixture of two handsome men.

CCTV footage of Maselspoort resort attack proves racially motivated violence by white men against black teens, SA in uproar

CCTV footage of Maselspoort resort attack proves racially motivated violence by white men against black teens, SA in uproar

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

New CCTV video shows what led to the clash between elderly white men and teen black boys. They wanted to enter the pool and were stopped before the attack.

Mzansi fears witchcraft after fake video of woman with cow legs goes viral, netizens debunk bizarre TikTok with over 200M views

Mzansi fears witchcraft after fake video of woman with cow legs goes viral, netizens debunk bizarre TikTok with over 200M views

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A fake video had peeps scared until netizens noticed things that did not make sense. People debunked the clip by explaining details about the viral illusion.

3 Lucky winners bag lotto daily jackpot of over R100 000 with 5 number matches

3 Lucky winners bag lotto daily jackpot of over R100 000 with 5 number matches

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

The latest lotto jackpot results showed that three lucky people won big. The fortunate people who matched five numbers became over R100 000 richer overnight.

Woman shows how she has to train her friends for groove, demonstration of 'Sekete' dance has Mzansi peeps amused

Woman shows how she has to train her friends for groove, demonstration of 'Sekete' dance has Mzansi peeps amused

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A lady on TikTok demonstrated how hard she has to work to get her friends to dance properly. Peeps were amazed by the video and many actually found it helpful.

Rachel Kolisi chuffed with her Mercedes-Benz GLE, shares pics and videos using car to move family to new home

Rachel Kolisi chuffed with her Mercedes-Benz GLE, shares pics and videos using car to move family to new home

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Rachel Kolisi showed people that she has a reliable car with her Mercedes-Benz GLE. The wife of rugby star Siya Kolisi bragged that she moved houses using it

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