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

4574 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Julius Malema reacts to Floyd Shivambu's demotion from Secretary-General to MP

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Ace Magashule upset that R255 million asbestos tender trial postponed to January 2026

Politics

a year ago

Mpumalanga man arrested after allegedly killing, burying elder sister in a shallow grave

South Africa

a year ago

Westbury police officers flee after residents attack them, SA dumbfounded

South Africa

a year ago

SAPS officers arrested for running extortion syndicate targeting undocumented foreign nationals

South Africa

a year ago

Sihle Lonzi slams court as Walter Sisulu University employee accused of shooting student given bail

Politics

a year ago

Jacob Zuma removes Floyd Shivambu as MK Party's Secretary General

Politics

a year ago

MK Party President Jacob Zuma has removed Floyd Shivambu as the party's secretary-general because of his visit to Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi during Easter.

Snow is expected in parts of South Africa for a week from 7 to 10 June 2025

South Africa

a year ago

Provinces, including Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, the Northern Cape, the North West, and Mpumalanga, could experience snow.

Court finds Ace Magashule's ex-PA Moroadi Cholota was unlawfully extradited from the United States

South Africa

a year ago

The Bloemfontein High Court found that the State unlawfully extradited Ace Magashule's former PA Moroadi Cholota. She was set free and her charges dropped.

Tshwane mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya slams tenderpreneurs, SAns agree

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a year ago

Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya criticised tenderpreneurs who submit compliant documents but fail to provide services that are up to standard in projects.

KZN police commissioner investigates video of officer driving state vehicle without door

South Africa

a year ago

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Lieutenant Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, condemned the actions of a police officer who drove a state car without a door.

Free State woman stabs boyfriend after refusing to give him money

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a woman from the Free State who stabbed her boyfriend after they got into a fight and she refused to give him money.

Western Cape High Court rules that John Hlophe's appointment to the JSC was unconstitutional

Politics

a year ago

The Western Cape High Court ruled that MK Party deputy president Dr John Hlophe's appointment to the Judicial Service Commission was unlawful and unconstitutional.

3 Eastern Cape children rescued, boy still missing at the beach

South Africa

a year ago

The authorities in the Eastern Cape are searching for a seven-year-old child who was washed away at the Mdumbi Beach when a rip current swept him away.

Nobuhle Nkabane defends video of her chewing gum and gets grilled on social media

Politics

a year ago

The Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane explained that she was not chewing gum in Parliament but was eating during a sitting.

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