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 is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.

4070 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

SAWS issues multiple weather warnings for Mpumalanga and Limpopo through the weekend

South Africa

a month ago

Breaking

4 killed in Germiston Central Business District shooting, South Africans fuming

South Africa

a month ago

7 shot dead in Marikana shooting on Cape Flats, South Africans worried

South Africa

a month ago

TFASA denies US claims of military tech exports amid rising naval exercise controversy

a month ago

Fikile Mbalula weighs in on KZN Government of Provincial Unity

Politics

a month ago

Public Works minister Dean Macpherson welcomes resignation of IDT chair Tebogo Malaka

Politics

a month ago

South Africans reject Gwede Mantashe's attempts to explain unemployment remarks

Politics

a month ago

Gwede Mantashe clarifies his controversial remarks on unemployment amid public backlash, as South Africans reject his explanation, sparking heated discussions.

Exclusive

SADAG discusses life after failing matric after matriculant commits suicide

Education

a month ago

SADAG highlights the emotional toll on matriculants post-exams, discussing mental health challenges faced by those who fail, amidst a tragic recent suicide.

Matric Results: South Africans stunned as Limpopo school obtains 0% pass rate

Education

a month ago

A Limpopo school shocks the nation with a 0% pass rate in the 2025 matric exams, while South Africa achieves an 88% national average. What went wrong?

Government of National Unity Ministers spent R450 million on travelling costs: ActionSA

Politics

a month ago

ActionSA criticises the Government of National Unity for R450 million travel costs, sparking debate over accountability and the value of ministerial trips.

BMA intercepts 33 children at Beitbridge border, 2 arrested

South Africa

a month ago

Two Zimbabwean men arrested for trafficking over 30 children at Beitbridge Port. Public outrage calls for the children’s return to Zimbabwe amid safety concerns.

Body of toddler found in Mpumalanga river, South Africans horrified

South Africa

a month ago

Tragedy struck in White River, Mpumalanga, as a three-year-old toddler's body was found in a stream after his mother reported him missing amid heavy rains.

Authorities rescue Limpopo residents trapped at Mutale River

South Africa

a month ago

Three people, a mother and her two daughters, were rescued after being trapped for three days by heavy rains between the Mutale River and a stream in Limpopo.