Zingisa Chirwa

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Communication Science at UNISA (2020 – present); Google News Initiative training (2024); The JournalismAI Discovery course at Polis LSE/Google Initiative (2023); Writing Radio News Bulletins at The Institute for Advancement of Journalism (2013)

Experience: Current Affairs Writer, Briefly News (March 2024 – present); Digital Editor, Sowetan (April 2023 – January 2024); News Editor, RISE fm (February 2017 – March 2023); Business Show Presenter & Producer, RISE fm (May 2020 – March 2023); Current Affairs Presenter, RISE fm (February 2017 – June 2019)

Awards: 2018 Liberty Radio Award Nominee in two categories; News Bulletin Reader - Commercial News and Actuality Show – Commercial

Zingisa Chirwa is an experienced broadcast journalist who has worked predominantly in radio newsrooms for over 15 years. Chirwa has occupied numerous positions, including news journalist, editor and current affairs host, focusing mainly on Mpumalanga politics and business. You can reach Zingisa at zingisa.chirwa@briefly.co.za.

491 articles published since 22 Mar 2024

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Jacob Zuma installs Menzi Magubane as MK Party Treasurer-General

Jacob Zuma installs Menzi Magubane as MK Party Treasurer-General

4 months ago

Zimbabwean group accuses Gayton McKenzie of inciting xenophobic violence

Zimbabwean group accuses Gayton McKenzie of inciting xenophobic violence

4 months ago

Bushbuckridge horror: One-year-old found dead in pit latrine

Bushbuckridge horror: One-year-old found dead in pit latrine

4 months ago

Mpumalanga police uncover shallow grave, arrest three in Mabuza murder case

Mpumalanga police uncover shallow grave, arrest three in Mabuza murder case

4 months ago

Johannesburg residents upset over City Power's 12.72% electricity cost spike

Johannesburg residents upset over City Power's 12.72% electricity cost spike

4 months ago

Minister Gayton McKenzie: A former gangster's path to political power

Minister Gayton McKenzie: A former gangster's path to political power

4 months ago

Ingoma Forum urges health collaboration for safer initiation schools

Ingoma Forum urges health collaboration for safer initiation schools

The Ingoma Forum’s Dr Vusi Masombuka advised initiation schools to collaborate with hospital task teams to screen the initiates to reduce the risk of illness.

President Cyril Ramaphosa retains Paul Mashatile as his Deputy in multi-party cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa retains Paul Mashatile as his Deputy in multi-party cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa has kept Paul Mashatile as his Deputy in the seventh administration's multi-party National Executive, which includes members of the GNU.

Rand Water maintenance to impact Ekurhuleni communities

Rand Water maintenance to impact Ekurhuleni communities

Communities in the Ekurhuleni Municipality must prepare for possible water shortages when Rand Water’s maintenance plans kick off on 1 July 2024.

President Cyril Ramaphosa set to unveil multi-party cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa set to unveil multi-party cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the much-anticipated multi-party cabinet at 21:00 on 30 June 2024, almost two weeks after the President's inauguration.

SADTU disapproves of DA's push for Basic Education ministry leadership

SADTU disapproves of DA's push for Basic Education ministry leadership

As Mzansi anxiously awaits President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet announcement, SADTU opposed a DA member heading up the Basic Education Department.

South Africans slam six-year sentence for ABSA bank fraud convicts

South Africans slam six-year sentence for ABSA bank fraud convicts

Many South Africans believe the six-year sentence handed to Florika Owusu and Abongile Tyusha, convicted of siphoning over R1 million from ABSA, was too lenient.

Mozambican national caught with R4.2 million drugs at Lebombo Border

Mozambican national caught with R4.2 million drugs at Lebombo Border

A Mozambican caught trying to smuggle crystal meth worth R4.2 million through the Lebombo Border into SA would appear in the Komatipoort Magistrate's Court.

Mpumalanga SAPS thwart attempted cash-in-transit heist in Kanyamazane

Mpumalanga SAPS thwart attempted cash-in-transit heist in Kanyamazane

Cash-in-transit robbers were left empty-handed after Mpumalanga’s SAPS foiled an attempted heist in Kanyamazane township near Mbombela on 28 June 2024.

EFF's strategic offer to ANC sparks social media speculation

EFF's strategic offer to ANC sparks social media speculation

Social media speculation was rife about the reasons behind the EFF’s offer to join the ANC and form a new government that excluded the DA and the FF Plus.

Zingisa Chirwa