Tshepiso Mametela

Education: Academic Acceleration Programme, St John's College Academy (2008-2010); National Senior Certificate, Barnato Park High (2010); Google Analytics Academy, Yoast SEO Academy (2022); Crime and Court Reporting, Wits Centre for Journalism (2024)

Experience: Reporter, The Herald (2022-2024); General writer, Briefly News (2021-2022); Senior Sports Contributor, Opera News SA (2019-2020); Journalist, Caxton Newspapers (2018-2019); Sports writer, Wits Sport (2016-2022), Briefly News (2024-2025)

Awards: Gauteng Sports Awards, Finalist: Sports Journalist of the Year, 2017 & 2019

Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He was the Head of Current Affairs at Briefly News. He was a mid-level reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a general reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops organised by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism, including crime and court reporting.

2056 articles published since 10 Jun 2021

Author's articles

Soweto residents want Ramaphosa to step down for decision to allow foreigners to register spazas

Soweto residents want Ramaphosa to step down for decision to allow foreigners to...

South Africa

6 months ago

KZN police raid Durban warehouses stocking expired baby foods, spices and alcohol sold at spazas

KZN police raid Durban warehouses stocking expired baby foods, spices and...

South Africa

6 months ago

Stilfontein Mine: Rescue efforts underway to extract 'unknown number' of illegal miners

Stilfontein Mine: Rescue efforts underway to extract 'unknown number' of illegal...

South Africa

6 months ago

Ukraine's spirit shines through in historical injustices SA overcame amid 1,000 days' resistance

Ukraine's spirit shines through in historical injustices SA overcame amid...

Europe

6 months ago

Stilfontein mine: Illegal miners' Gauteng High Court application postponed

Stilfontein mine: Illegal miners' Gauteng High Court application postponed

South Africa

6 months ago

US government offers R90 million reward for most wanted German woman possibly hiding in SA

US government offers R90 million reward for most wanted German woman possibly...

US

6 months ago

Stilfontein mine: Zama zamas send scribbled note to surface requesting ARV medication

Stilfontein mine: Zama zamas send scribbled note to surface requesting ARV medication

South Africa

6 months ago

Police have received a request for ARV treatment from trapped illegal miners at Stilfontein. About 4,000 of them remain underground amid a standoff at the facility.

Ntshavheni explains controversial 'smoke them out' remark after backlash, SA muses: "Damage control"

Ntshavheni explains controversial 'smoke them out' remark after backlash, SA muses: "Damage control"

South Africa

6 months ago

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni again to responded to the backlash she faced after she made fiery remarks against trapped zama zamas at Stilfonein.

Ntshavheni boisterous alongside Ramaphosa on his birthday at G20 meet, SA raves: "Smoke them out"

Ntshavheni boisterous alongside Ramaphosa on his birthday at G20 meet, SA raves: "Smoke them out"

South Africa

6 months ago

As President Cyril Ramaphosa marked his 72nd birthday on 17 November, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni posted photos of herself celebrating him.

EFF reportedly bars Mbuyiseni Ndlozi from elective conference, SA stunned

EFF reportedly bars Mbuyiseni Ndlozi from elective conference, SA stunned

Politics

6 months ago

EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi will reportedly not take part in the party's elective conference in December after being banned. The development has since sparked a frenzy.

Parts of Soweto to be hit by 18 hour power outage, Eskom announces

Parts of Soweto to be hit by 18 hour power outage, Eskom announces

South Africa

7 months ago

Though load shedding has been kept at bay for months, Eskom has announced an 18-hour power outage for areas of Soweto in Gauteng from Tuesday as it runs maintenance.

Officer struck by rock responding to mob attack at Limpopo high school

Officer struck by rock responding to mob attack at Limpopo high school

South Africa

7 months ago

A mob justice incident at a high school at Ga-Matlala village resulted in a policeman being hit with a rock while a community member was also injured.

Fists fly amid tense Tshwane Council as DA members ousted: "You're touching our private parts"

Fists fly amid tense Tshwane Council as DA members ousted: "You're touching our private parts"

South Africa

7 months ago

Vidoes circulating on social media show a tense Tshwane City Council meeting descending into chaos, forcing security to pour in and forcibly eject some councillors.

Limpopo man, 67, jailed to 20 years for 13 year old niece's rape in Modimolle

Limpopo man, 67, jailed to 20 years for 13 year old niece's rape in Modimolle

South Africa

7 months ago

The court jailed an elderly man for 20 years for the rape of his minor niece in Modimolle, Limpopo, in March 2023. The provincial police welcomed the hefty sentence.

"Our kids are eating this": Officials clamp down on Joburg eatery using blackened oil in viral clip

"Our kids are eating this": Officials clamp down on Joburg eatery using blackened oil in viral clip

South Africa

7 months ago

As a wave of crackdowns on spaza shops and food businesses, a now-viral video shows a Joburg restaurant being shut after shocking revelations during an inspection.

Tshepiso Mametela