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

Foreign nationals found 'chained up' inside Joburg property, probe against cops for releasing them

Foreign nationals found 'chained up' inside Joburg property, probe against...

South Africa

7 months ago

Sekhukhune player charged after girl, 9, dies in Gauteng hit and run, drugs and alcohol recovered

Sekhukhune player charged after girl, 9, dies in Gauteng hit and run, drugs...

South Africa

7 months ago

Cape Town police van overturns, lands on roof in Gordon's Bay canal

Cape Town police van overturns, lands on roof in Gordon's Bay canal

South Africa

7 months ago

Gayton McKenzie puts full weight behind slap fighting in SA, netizens red faced: "This is zero"

Gayton McKenzie puts full weight behind slap fighting in SA, netizens red faced:...

South Africa

7 months ago

CCTV shows taxi shuttle crash into and overturn Toyota Quantum at Joburg CBD intersection

CCTV shows taxi shuttle crash into and overturn Toyota Quantum at Joburg CBD...

South Africa

7 months ago

"Get rid of the ANC": Economist on the fence about SA's future ahead of mid term budget speech

"Get rid of the ANC": Economist on the fence about SA's future ahead of mid term...

Feature

7 months ago

Alleged taxi association vehicle filmed terrorising motorist, clip of erratic swerving causes panic

Alleged taxi association vehicle filmed terrorising motorist, clip of erratic swerving causes panic

South Africa

7 months ago

A clip of an alleged taxi association vehicle going on the rampage as it blocks another moving vehicle from passing on the freeway is doing the rounds online.

Nelson Mandela Bay rainfall 'significant event' as 3,000 displaced in Windy City

Nelson Mandela Bay rainfall 'significant event' as 3,000 displaced in Windy City

Feature

7 months ago

In this Briefly News exclusive, heavy rains in Nelson Mandela Bay caused massive week-long water and electricity disruptions in many parts of Gqeberha and Kariega.

Nzimande rattlesd EFF cage with blatant swipe at Ndlozi in Parliament: "Uhleli endawen eWrong"

Nzimande rattlesd EFF cage with blatant swipe at Ndlozi in Parliament: "Uhleli endawen eWrong"

Politics

7 months ago

Blade Nzimande served up a potent retort to EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi during a debate in Parliament. The interaction scored the two a colourful reception online.

Exclusive: Limpopo gyrocopter crash probe underway after pilot 'burnt beyond recognition'

Exclusive: Limpopo gyrocopter crash probe underway after pilot 'burnt beyond recognition'

South Africa

7 months ago

In a Briefly News exclusive, a probe is underway into a gyrocopter crash in Limpopo that killed a missing pilot and found burnt beyond recognition in the wreckage.

11 Killed, 7 injured in 2 bloody Cape Town shootings a day apart, SA rattled: "Where is Mkhwanazi?"

11 Killed, 7 injured in 2 bloody Cape Town shootings a day apart, SA rattled: "Where is Mkhwanazi?"

South Africa

7 months ago

Two separate shooting incidents in Atlantis and Bishop Lavis claimed the lives of 11 people and left seven injured in two gang-related incidents in Cape Town.

NPA to oppose bail as Bityi mass murder accused appear in court, victims ages released

NPA to oppose bail as Bityi mass murder accused appear in court, victims ages released

South Africa

7 months ago

Two men appeared in the Bityi Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 24 October 2024, for the deadly attack on a family at a homestead in the Ncenjana Location, Mthatha.

Lusikisiki massacre suspects found with high calibre guns opt for bail, case postponed

Lusikisiki massacre suspects found with high calibre guns opt for bail, case postponed

South Africa

7 months ago

Two more men, arrested in Flagstaff on 17 October with high-calibre firearms linked to the Lusikisiki mass shootings, appeared in court, intending to apply for bail.

Food poisoning crisis beckons Public Protector's attention as ATM heightens calls for intervention

Food poisoning crisis beckons Public Protector's attention as ATM heightens calls for intervention

South Africa

7 months ago

The attention of the Public Protector has been drawn to the debilitating food poisoning crisis in South Africa after the ATM heightened the call for intervention.

"Will they pay lobola?": SA holds fierce debate as court allows husbands to take wives' last names

"Will they pay lobola?": SA holds fierce debate as court allows husbands to take wives' last names

South Africa

7 months ago

A precedent-setting ruling in the Bloemfontein High Court will likely ensure that men can now take their wives' surnames, challenging an age-old societal convention.

Tshepiso Mametela