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 a senior 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. Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

4977 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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13 people killed in horrific Limpopo accident involving truck and taxi on R81

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Kenny Kunene sworn in as ordinary councillor, South Africans quizzical

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10 months ago

Ad Hoc Committee finalises list of witnesses to testify, SA weighs in

Politics

10 months ago

South Africans slam Mswati III after he asks for donations at UN

Politics

10 months ago

Gayton McKenzie says he will resign as Sports, Arts and Culture minister on 30 September

Politics

10 months ago

NPA regional head says that she was never informed about disbandment of PKTT

South Africa

10 months ago

JCPS shares General Shadrack Sibiya's letter of PKTT disbandment, SA in a tailspin

South Africa

10 months ago

The Political Killings Disbandment letter that Deputy National Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya wrote in April went viral. South Africans called for arrests.

South Africans furious as SASSA increases social grants by R10

South Africa

10 months ago

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) announced that various child grants will be increased by R10. South Africans were furious at the amount.

Alleged Senzo Mchunu letter reveals directive against Political Killings Task Team

Politics

10 months ago

The letter that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu allegedly wrote to National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola about the PKTT disbandment went viral.

SAPS deployed to Yeoville Clinic after locals and foreign nationals clash over healthcare services

South Africa

10 months ago

The South African Police Service was deployed to the Yeoville Clinic after conflict erupted between locals and foreign nationals clashed over healthcare services.

Retired Interpol ambassador slams Senzo Mchunu for PKTT disbandment

Politics

10 months ago

The former Interpol Ambassador, Andy Mashaile, said Police Minister Senzo Mchunu did not follow protocol in disbanding the Political Killings Task Team.

SAPS Legal head says Senzo Mchunu did not have the powers to disband PKTT

Politics

10 months ago

SAPS' Head of Governance, Legislation and Police General Petronella Van Rooyen said Police Minister Senzo Mchunu did not have the power to disband the PKTT.

Gayton McKenzie pulls Patriotic Alliance out of the Government of National Unity

Politics

10 months ago

The president of the Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie, said that the party will withdraw from the Government of National Unity and ANC coalitions.

NPA recovers R144 million worth of stolen land, South Africans discuss land grabs

South Africa

10 months ago

The National Prosecuting Authority celebrated after the Gauteng High Court granted it an order to seize government land worth over 144 million that was stolen.

KZN MEC Siboniso Duma calls for scholar transport audit after another Pietermaritzburg accident

South Africa

10 months ago

The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Siboniso Duma, called for an audit into the scholar transport industry after four children were injured in an accident.

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