Tebogo Mokwena

Education: Diploma in Journalism, ALISON (2023), Google News Initiative training (2024), Reuters Introduction to Digital Journalism (2024), AWS Introduction to Responsible AI (2025)

Experience: Journalist and photographer, Daily Sun (2015-2019), Subeditor, Capricorn Post (2019), Journalist, Vutivi Business News (2020-2023), Briefly News (2023 to date)

Awards: Exclusive Comments Guru 2023 by Briefly News

Tebogo Mokwena joined Briefly News in 2023 and is a Current Affairs writer. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

3101 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

South Africans worried that 7,627 teenagers fell pregnant in Durban in 2024 and 2025

South Africans worried that 7,627 teenagers fell pregnant in Durban in 2024 and...

South Africa

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Edenburg pastor given stiff sentence for raping minor, South Africans celebrate

Edenburg pastor given stiff sentence for raping minor, South Africans celebrate

South Africa

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4 killed and 10 hospitalised in the Eastern Cape after violence between locals and foreign nationals

4 killed and 10 hospitalised in the Eastern Cape after violence between locals a...

South Africa

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EFF president Julius Malema slams proposed BBBEE changes, SA debates

EFF president Julius Malema slams proposed BBBEE changes, SA debates

Politics

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South Africans react to video of apartment for Afrikaners in the USA

South Africans react to video of apartment for Afrikaners in the USA

US

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6 family members killed in horrific fire in Ekurhuleni, South Africans shaken

6 family members killed in horrific fire in Ekurhuleni, South Africans shaken

South Africa

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Floyd Shivambu accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of misrepresenting South Africa in the USA

Floyd Shivambu accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of misrepresenting South Africa in the USA

Politics

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The Secretary-General of the MK Party, Floyd Shivambu, criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for his working bilateral visit to the United States of America.

Former MK Party Mpumalanga convenor Mary Phadi wants Floyd Shivambu out of the party

Former MK Party Mpumalanga convenor Mary Phadi wants Floyd Shivambu out of the party

Politics

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The MK Party's former convenor Mary Phadi has called on the party's secretary-general Floyd Shivambu to resign and claimed factions in Mpumalanga want him gone.

Mpumalanga man arrested after hijacking bakery van and selling the bread

Mpumalanga man arrested after hijacking bakery van and selling the bread

South Africa

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The South Africa Police Service arrested a suspect after he and his accomplice allegedly robbed and hijacked a bakery delivery van. South Africans reacted.

Julius Malema says Donald Trump is scared of him after singing 'Kill the Boer'

Julius Malema says Donald Trump is scared of him after singing 'Kill the Boer'

Politics

2 days ago

EFF president Julius Malema said United States president Donald Tump was afraid of him after Trump called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to arrest him.

Investigation into 11 year-old Johannesburg boy's death at an advanced stage

Investigation into 11 year-old Johannesburg boy's death at an advanced stage

South Africa

2 days ago

The South African Police Service said that the case of the murdered 11 year-old Jayden-Lee Meek who was found dead one day after missing in May 2025.

City of Johannesburg roadshow to promote R500m spaza shop fund given mixed reactions

City of Johannesburg roadshow to promote R500m spaza shop fund given mixed reactions

South Africa

2 days ago

The City of Johannesburg announced that the roadshow for the Spaza Shop Support Fund will begin on 26 May 2025 and continue until July 2025. SA weighed in.

ActionSA calls for Emfuleni to be placed under administration, slams poor governance

ActionSA calls for Emfuleni to be placed under administration, slams poor governance

Politics

2 days ago

ActionSA's Gauteng chairperson, Funzi Ngobeni, called Premier Panyaza Lesufi to invoke Section 139(5) of the Constitution and place Emfuleni under administration.

City of Tshwane arrests over 90 illegal immigrants after informal settlement raids, SA celebrates

City of Tshwane arrests over 90 illegal immigrants after informal settlement raids, SA celebrates

Politics

3 days ago

The City of Tshwane's mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya said that more than 90 illegal immigrants were arrested when they raided two informal settlements in May.

Man arrested for making threats to Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town mayor and business owner

Man arrested for making threats to Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town mayor and business owner

South Africa

3 days ago

The South African Police Service arrested a man from Germiston, Ekurhuleni, after he issued threats against President Cyril Ramaphosa and Geordin Hill-Lewis.

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