Maryn Blignaut

Education: BA in Communication Science, the University of South Africa (2012-2016), AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course (Google News Initiative, 2023), Google News Initiative training (2024)

Experience: Briefly News (2017-present)

Awards: - Best Appealing Storytelling: Highest Average Pageviews, 2023 by Briefly News - Awarded the 2023 Gender Mainstreaming Award (Empowerment of Women in the Community) as part of the Briefly News team

Maryn Blignaut is the Editor-in-Chief at Briefly News. She holds a BA in Communication Science from the University of South Africa (2016) and has over seven years of journalism experience. She specialises in digital journalism and feature writing. Maryn completed the AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course and multiple Google News Initiative training programmes. For enquiries, contact maryn.blignaut@briefly.co.za.

1241 articles published since 30 Oct 2017

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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma turns 76: A look at her life and career

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Woolworths vs Pick n Pay: A look at who is cheaper after viral TikTok video

2 years ago

Disabled teen, 13, whose mom carried her around finally gets a wheelchair

4 years ago

A peek inside Benni McCarthy's life with his wife and kids: "My everything"

4 years ago

Mother's Day: Woman celebrates motherhood after giving birth while in coma

4 years ago

Jub Jub gives Mzansi the feels with sweet birthday message to son

4 years ago

Cancel culture guns for Thuso Mbedu on social media, she claps back

4 years ago

Thuso Mbedu came under fire after she thanked Mac G on her Twitter page for his shoutout on his podcast. She ended up clapping back but still deleting the post.

Bonang hilariously reacts to lady, 25, giving birth to 9 babies

4 years ago

Bonang Matheba has reacted to the viral story of a woman, 25, giving birth to nine babies. The celeb made it clear she wouldn't be okay in the new mom's place.

Mzansi entrepreneurs: Side hustling is the new norm in South Africa

4 years ago

The pandemic has caused many people to lose their income or part of it. This has led to South Africans finding alternative ways to generate money every month.

Covid pandemic cuts down kasi hair salons: "Situation is quite bad"

4 years ago

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on nearly all the economic industries and township hair salons have felt the weight of the South African lockdown.

Tonye Irims nearly sold his business for nothing, now makes millions

4 years ago

Tonye Irims is no stranger to failure but he didn't allow mistakes to get in the way of success. Speaking to Briefly News, Tonye shared his incredible story.

Ramaphosa calls for unity, says Mzansi would love a corruption free ANC

4 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa called for unity in the African National Congress while speaking during the 150th birthday celebration for Charlotte Mannya Maxeke.

Anele brags about being world famous after Trevor Noah's Grammy shoutout

4 years ago

Trevor Noah mentioned his local friend, Anele Mdoda, while hosting one of the biggest awards shows in Hollywood and South Africans did not miss the moment.

Meet Mehran Dildar: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Number 1 fan

4 years ago

A young girl, Merhan Dildar, dreams of meeting Mzansi president Cyril Ramaphosa and is well known for her inspirational videos since she was three years old.

Katlego Maboe becomes a meme following infamous cheating video

4 years ago

South Africans have used screenshot of the video Katlego Maboe's wife Monique filmed to create a Bomboclaat meme. Briefly.co.za looked at some of the comments.

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