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

5265 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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SAWS issues Yellow Level warning for thunderstorms across South Africa

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2 former SSA employees arrested for R12 million theft

South Africa

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Lucky Montana resigns as uMkhonto weSizwe Party Memeber of Parliamentee

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10 months ago

Former municipal manager accuses EMPD head of rape and sexual assault

South Africa

10 months ago

SAPS launches manhunt after 77 year-old Limpopo farmer murdered

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10 months ago

Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala facing Menlyn eviction lawsuit for outstanding rent

South Africa

10 months ago

Grootvlei prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment for raping another inmate

South Africa

10 months ago

A prisoner from Grootvlei Correctional Centre was sentenced to life imprisonment after he raped a fellow prisoner on 30 January 2024. South Africans reacted.

Activists and Citizens Forum slam Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala's testimony before Ad Hoc Committee

South Africa

10 months ago

An organization called Activists and Citizens Forum slammed the Ad Hoc Committee for hearing the testimony of suspected cartel boss, Vusimuzi Matlala.

MK Party confirms MP Vusi Shongwe was kidnapped and robbed

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10 months ago

The MK Party confirmed that Member of Parliament Vusi Shongwe was kidnapped and hijacked. The suspects also took his cellphones but left him unharmed.

Acting Deputy National Commissioner General Hilda Senthamule disagrees with PKTT disbandment

South Africa

10 months ago

The Acting Deputy National Commissoner General Hilda Senthumule testified about the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team by Senzo Mchunu.

Tshwane deputy mayor Eugene Modise allegedly illegally profited from a R300 million tender

South Africa

10 months ago

The City of Tshwane's deputy mayor, Eugene Modise, is accused of benefiting from a three-year R300 million security contract and not declaring his company.

Economic Freedom Fighters march to the Constitutional Court for Phala Phala ruling

Politics

10 months ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters are leading a march to the Constitutional Court from Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg for the Phala Phala case.

Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala said Major-General Lesetja Senona is like his big brother

South Africa

10 months ago

Attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala testified before the Ad Hoc Committee at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Tshwane, Gauteng.

Ad Hoc Committee: Cat Matlala says he used SAPS officer as errand boy

Politics

10 months ago

Attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala testified before the Ad Hoc Committee that members of the South African Police Service ran his errands.

Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala says he paid money to Bheki Cele's "hidden son"

South Africa

10 months ago

Vusimuzi Matlala testified before the Ad Hoc Committee at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Tshwane. He said he gave Bheki Cele money for his son.

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