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

Golf TCR driver slams bickering onlookers after crashing: "Must I drive in the air?"

Golf TCR driver slams bickering onlookers after crashing: "Must I drive in the a...

3 months ago

Mpumalanga arson suspect nabbed as video depicts state vehicle on fire outside Mhala police station

Mpumalanga arson suspect nabbed as video depicts state vehicle on fire outside M...

3 months ago

Free State police officer among 2 killed in QwaQwa house robbery laid to rest, alleged killer nabbed

Free State police officer among 2 killed in QwaQwa house robbery laid to rest, a...

3 months ago

3 Men film themselves brutally beating woman near open field, cops seek help finding 'GBVF' suspects

3 Men film themselves brutally beating woman near open field, cops seek help fin...

3 months ago

Shocking clip shows panga-wielding man hacking elderly white couple in savage Plettenberg Bay attack

Shocking clip shows panga-wielding man hacking elderly white couple in savage Pl...

3 months ago

4 Men, 1 woman arrested in Mpumalanga for on-duty senior Ermelo cop's murder

4 Men, 1 woman arrested in Mpumalanga for on-duty senior Ermelo cop's murder

3 months ago

5 Youths allegedly kidnapped in Inanda hacked to death in brutal attack

5 Youths allegedly kidnapped in Inanda hacked to death in brutal attack

Police have launched a manhunt for unknown suspects after five men were allegedly abducted and killed in a deadly bush knife attack in Inanda, outside Durban.

N3 Van Reenen's Pass crash 'miracle baby' Luyanda Sigubudu, 1, reunited with mother, 19, in Nquthu

N3 Van Reenen's Pass crash 'miracle baby' Luyanda Sigubudu, 1, reunited with mother, 19, in Nquthu

The sole survivor of the horrific N3 Van Reenen's Pass accident in which 17 people died, a 20-month-old child, has been discharged from the hospital after 10 days.

SA welcomes Israel, Hamas ceasefire agreement after 15-month 'genocide'

SA welcomes Israel, Hamas ceasefire agreement after 15-month 'genocide'

After the announcement of a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war, the South African government welcomed the development and called for a lasting peace to prevail.

Uniformed Jouberton female police officer shot in jaw, killed in private car

Uniformed Jouberton female police officer shot in jaw, killed in private car

In the latest police killing, a North West female cop was shot and killed in broad daylight while sitting in her car on the way to work in Randlespark, Klerksdorp.

Alleged 'baboon remark' sparks racial clash at Fourways Food Lover's Market in viral scenes

Alleged 'baboon remark' sparks racial clash at Fourways Food Lover's Market in viral scenes

A racial incident at a Food Lover's Market store in Fourways, Johannesburg, has gone viral, sparked by a white couple allegedly calling Black women baboons.

Viral video captures 'drinking' cop as fuming 'international lawyer' confronts officer over arrest

Viral video captures 'drinking' cop as fuming 'international lawyer' confronts officer over arrest

Another video taken at a police station shows a confrontation between a member of the public and an officer. The clip, posted to X, has since gone viral.

North West girl, 16, discovered in shallow grave beaten to death, police launch manhunt for killer

North West girl, 16, discovered in shallow grave beaten to death, police launch manhunt for killer

Police exhumed the body of a 16-year-old teenage girl from a shallow grave at a village in Pudimoe near Taung in North West. A search is underway for the suspect.

Mpumalanga off-duty cop hands himself to police for Ebalenhle double killing

Mpumalanga off-duty cop hands himself to police for Ebalenhle double killing

Police arrested an off-duty constable in Embalenhle, Mpumalanga, after he turned himself in for allegedly killing two people. He will appear in court soon.

Death toll rises to 8 in Mpumalanga tavern shooting, 3 in hospital amid demands for intense probe

Death toll rises to 8 in Mpumalanga tavern shooting, 3 in hospital amid demands for intense probe

After gunmen stormed an establishment in Pienaar township, Mpumalanga, on 11 January 2025, the death toll climbed from six to eight in the mass shooting incident.

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