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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Where are you, mom?: Desperate South African daughter crosses borders to find missing mother

a year ago

The good, the bad & the handsome: A look at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 5 kids

a year ago

Dad carries son on his back after picking him and daughter up from school, video trends

a year ago

Bride hugs, cries with woman who breastfed her after mum died during childbirth

a year ago

"I prefer being a baby mama": Lady rejects marriage, set to give birth to second child for her man

a year ago

Security man dumped by girlfriend for earning R700 gets promoted, company triples his salary

a year ago

"This is the business trip?": Lady finds boyfriend at another woman's house during delivery

a year ago

A delivery took a surprising turn as a woman discovered her boyfriend at another woman's house, challenging his supposed business trip. The video went viral.

Kaizer Chiefs' Itu Khune and Sphelele Makhunga's year in review: Photos of lavish trips and makoti duties

a year ago

Itu Khune has been suspended, demoted and mocked by his ex girlfriend, Minnie Dlamini, this year. His wife, Sphelele Makhunga, has been by his side through it all.

"Which country is this?" Wedding video shows bride asked to lie down before her husband

a year ago

A wedding video which was shared on TikTok showed the moment a bride lady on a red carpet before her husband, who was seated on a chair like a king.

TikTok sensation Kase Brown treats devoted mom to R376k Cape Town getaway

a year ago

In a touching TikTok video, @kasebrown generously treated her devoted mother, who sacrificed everything for her, to an extravagant 10-day R376k trip to Cape Town.

Woman and her kids sleep outside because husband has girlfriend over, TikTok video causes frenzy

a year ago

A TikTok update reveals a mom and her kids were forced to sleep outside after her husband brought home his girlfriend. South Africans are appalled by the ordeal.

Woman's TikTok video about end of her 10-year marriage gets 1.9 million views, SA sad for 5 kids

a year ago

After 10 years and five children together, a woman walked away from her cheating husband and detailed the decision on TikTok. The video has over 1.9 million views.

Joseph: US-based man reveals his ex-lover slept in his house the night before she married another lover

a year ago

Joseph Gagla, a US-based Ghanaian man, has opened up about his painful story after his ex-girlfriend married someone else the day after she spent the night with him.

Man Finds out Wife’s First Child Isn’t His after 8 Years Together: “Did DNA”

a year ago

A man was left single after being with his wife for 8 years. The man surprisingly did a DNA test. Netizens advised him to still be in the child's life.

Lady sells Mercedes Benz to pay bae's university fees, ends up dumped: "He wants me back"

a year ago

A lady revealed she sold her car and paid school fees for her boyfriend, who was studying at USIU, but after graduating, he dumped her and relocated abroad.

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