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)

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 is the current affairs Head of Desk at Briefly News. He was a news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. Email: tshepiso.mametela@briefly.co.za

1835 articles published since 10 Jun 2021

Author's articles

"Crazy Paying So Little": Local woman opens can of worms with R2,5k monthly nanny wage, SA weighs in

"Crazy Paying So Little": Local woman opens can of worms with R2,5k monthly nann...

3 months ago

Lerato Kganyago frowns upon Gayton McKenzie over Chidimma Onwe Adetshina backlash: "She was vetted"

Lerato Kganyago frowns upon Gayton McKenzie over Chidimma Onwe Adetshina backlas...

3 months ago

Mama Joy dons apron with 'mother in law' in lovely scenes from France, SA enthused: "Everything Joy"

Mama Joy dons apron with 'mother in law' in lovely scenes from France, SA enthus...

3 months ago

ANC among top 1% of most corrupt organisations globally, SA not surprised: "They should be number 1"

ANC among top 1% of most corrupt organisations globally, SA not surprised: "They...

3 months ago

"Ay'bo lo baba": Chief Justice Raymond Zondo lookalike lowkey twerking at club sparks loud laughter

"Ay'bo lo baba": Chief Justice Raymond Zondo lookalike lowkey twerking at club s...

3 months ago

Cyan Boujee shares up close and personal moment spicing things up with lover in latest saucy snap

Cyan Boujee shares up close and personal moment spicing things up with lover in...

3 months ago

Over 40 Helen Joseph Hospital patients forced to sleep on chairs and cold floor due to overcrowding

Over 40 Helen Joseph Hospital patients forced to sleep on chairs and cold floor due to overcrowding

Helen Joseph Hospital's casualty ward saw about 45 patients forced to sleep on chairs or the floor due to existing overcrowding and staffing issues.

2 Ermelo prison wardens nabbed for allegedly attempting to smuggle, SA raves: "Nail them, Piet!"

2 Ermelo prison wardens nabbed for allegedly attempting to smuggle, SA raves: "Nail them, Piet!"

Two prison officials at the Ermelo correctional centre in Mpumalanga were arrested and charged after attempting to smuggle dagga and a cellphone into the facility.

"Evolution confirmed": Man walks like real-life gorilla in viral video, wild scenes stun onlookers

"Evolution confirmed": Man walks like real-life gorilla in viral video, wild scenes stun onlookers

A video of a man with the amazing ability to mimic a gorilla's knuckle-walk has gone viral on social media for its bizarre and extraordinary nature.

Mamelodi Sundowns bolster technical staff by roping in Cape Town City performance analyst

Mamelodi Sundowns bolster technical staff by roping in Cape Town City performance analyst

DStv Premiership outfit Mamelodi Sundowns have moved in to acquire the services of performance analyst Paul Lamb from Cape Town City as the club looks to restructure

Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya appointed South Africa's first woman Chief Justice

Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya appointed South Africa's first woman Chief Justice

Deputy Chief Justice and former Supreme Court of Appeal Judge President Mandisa Maya has been appointed as South Africa's new Chief Justice effective 1 September.

Comedian Mpho Popps throws shade at SA prisons in wild skit: "We have WiFi in here!"

Comedian Mpho Popps throws shade at SA prisons in wild skit: "We have WiFi in here!"

Mzansi funny man Mpho 'Popps' Modikoane, riding on the wave of recent events, served up a hilarious skit depicting the apparent soft life inmates enjoy in jail.

Frazzled parents share their toddlers' stupefying tantrums: "He wants to get on the bus on the TV"

Frazzled parents share their toddlers' stupefying tantrums: "He wants to get on the bus on the TV"

An X user enthusiastically shared a now-viral post of some of the wild, bizarre and unbelievable reasons parents told of for why their toddlers through tantrums.

Mzansi mourns Malome Vector and two artists following tragic Free State car accident

Mzansi mourns Malome Vector and two artists following tragic Free State car accident

Lesotho-born rapper Malome Vector and two other musicians, whose identities remain unclear, have reportedly died in a fatal car accident on the N8 in the Free State.

Woman makes nervous rat pull off slick viral dance moves to song, Mzansi floored: "He's levitating!"

Woman makes nervous rat pull off slick viral dance moves to song, Mzansi floored: "He's levitating!"

A creative woman had the bright idea of manipulating a docile rat's movements by making it dance to a popular song in a viral clip which has netizens cackling.

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