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

Boksburg man fatally shot in front of wife outside restaurant and expensive R350k Rolex watch stolen

Boksburg man fatally shot in front of wife outside restaurant and expensive...

South Africa

10 months ago

South Africans set to breathe sigh of relief as first petrol, diesel price cuts since January set

South Africans set to breathe sigh of relief as first petrol, diesel price...

South Africa

10 months ago

EF leader killed in police crossfire in Johannesburg service delivery protest

EF leader killed in police crossfire in Johannesburg service delivery protest

Politics

10 months ago

Tsonga pageant hopeful decides against entering Miss SA fearing tribalism, chime divides: "Just enter"

Tsonga pageant hopeful decides against entering Miss SA fearing tribalism, chime...

People

10 months ago

"They were smart": Friends pick up huns who drug them, clean out their house in brutal groove story

"They were smart": Friends pick up huns who drug them, clean out their house...

Family and Relationships

10 months ago

Gauteng Education to independently probe Pretoria Girls High racism claims after 12 learners cleared

Gauteng Education to independently probe Pretoria Girls High racism claims after...

South Africa

10 months ago

"We told you": Sleuths uncover Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina's Nigerian traditional wedding

"We told you": Sleuths uncover Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina's Nigerian traditional wedding

Entertainment

10 months ago

Avid digging from online sleuths uncovered a video purporting to show Miss SA finalist Chidimma Onwe Adetshina's traditional Nigerian wedding to her now ex-husband.

"When Chidimma wakes up, who does she identify as?": ActionSA's Ngobeni asks ahead of Miss SA finale

"When Chidimma wakes up, who does she identify as?": ActionSA's Ngobeni asks ahead of Miss SA finale

Politics

11 months ago

ActionSA politician Lerato Ngobeni found her pen as the National Assembly member remarked on the Chidimma Adetshina row by posing a thought-provoking question online

Shebeshxt announces upcoming concert and documentary after tragic year: "Let's meet ko Opera State"

Shebeshxt announces upcoming concert and documentary after tragic year: "Let's meet ko Opera State"

Celebrities

11 months ago

Limpopo rapper Shebeshxt has announced an upcoming concert and documentary chronicling a tragic year in which he lost his daughter Onthatile Chuene in a car accident

Nomzamo Mbatha lights up kitchen floor with funky dance moves, actress gets A for effort: "Not bad"

Nomzamo Mbatha lights up kitchen floor with funky dance moves, actress gets A for effort: "Not bad"

South Africa

11 months ago

South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha got into a busting some funky dance moves online, impressing most, but not all, who saw the perculair material.

Tatjana Smith's proud dad after swimmer ends fulfilling career with climatic retirement: "Worth it"

Tatjana Smith's proud dad after swimmer ends fulfilling career with climatic retirement: "Worth it"

Sports

11 months ago

SA Olympic swimmer Tatjana Smith called time to her career this week, with her father, Rene Schoenmaker, reflecting on the sacrifices to get her to achieve her dream

"Yoh": Clip shows Cape Town man jumping off bridge to flee alleged thugs, frantic scenes stun Mzansi

"Yoh": Clip shows Cape Town man jumping off bridge to flee alleged thugs, frantic scenes stun Mzansi

South Africa

11 months ago

A Cape Town man was seen hanging off a bridge in a now-viral video as onlookers scrambled to stack up sponges to break his fall after he allegedly fled from thugs.

MK Party leader Jacob Zuma shows secretary general Arthur Zwane the door, SA quizzes move: "Again?"

MK Party leader Jacob Zuma shows secretary general Arthur Zwane the door, SA quizzes move: "Again?"

Politics

11 months ago

MK Party Secretary-General Arthur Zwane has reportedly been expelled with immediate effect following leader Jacob Zuma's directives for him to desist from the post.

Former Eastern Cape senior cop handed life sentence for raping his wife's 11 year old minor relative

Former Eastern Cape senior cop handed life sentence for raping his wife's 11 year old minor relative

South Africa

11 months ago

The Zwelitsha Regional Court slapped a former police captain with a life imprisonment term for raping an 11-year-old minor until she was 15 from 2014 to 2018.

10 v 1: Hillbrow thieves choke victim unconscious in chilling video, rob him blind in broad daylight

10 v 1: Hillbrow thieves choke victim unconscious in chilling video, rob him blind in broad daylight

South Africa

11 months ago

CCTV footage of a brazen daylight robbery showed a large group of about 10 thieves robbing and choking an unsuspecting victim to the point of unconsciousness.

Tshepiso Mametela