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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G20: A collection of what world leaders had to say about South Africa

South Africa

10 months ago

Public Protector launches probe into Cyril Ramaphosa

Politics

10 months ago

Donald Trump announces that South Africa will not be invited to the G20 Summit in the US

Politics

10 months ago

Ad Hoc Committee: Cat Matlala said he gave Brown Mogotsi money to help with case

South Africa

10 months ago

Ad Hoc Committee: Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala contradicts Bheki Cele, says he gave him R500,000

Politics

10 months ago

SAHRC finds racism in the Department of Water and Sanitation leasing Hartbeespoort Dam property

South Africa

10 months ago

Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala sceptical to testify amid criminal investigations

South Africa

10 months ago

Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, who appeared before the Ad Hoc Committee, said that he was not confident that the Committee's immunity would protect him from investigations.

Cat Matlala's legal team says solitary confinement taking a toll

South Africa

10 months ago

Attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala's legal counsel expressed concerns that his incarceration at the Kgosi Mampuru II Centre is having a toll.

Zuma family relative shattered by 17 South Africans trapped in Donbas

Europe

10 months ago

The mothers of some of the men who are trapped in Donbas, Ukraine, including Jacob Zuma's sister-in-law, demanded answers from Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla.

Julius Malema questions SAPS spending R368 million on EFF event

Politics

10 months ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters president, Julius Malema, questioned why the South African Police Service spent R368 million deploying members for the EFF shutdown.

Ad Hoc Committee chairperson confirms Cat Matlala's testimony will be heard

Politics

10 months ago

Soviet Lekganyane, the chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee, confirmed that attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala will testify from prison.

Tornado strikes Heilbron, Free State as extreme weather conditions persist in South Africa

South Africa

10 months ago

A tornado passed through the Free State in Heilbron on 24 November 2025. Wet conditions are expected to continue as most of the country will experience rain.

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula wins court case against Brown Mogotsi

Politics

10 months ago

The African National Congress's Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, won a court case against Brown Mogotsi when he sued him for defamation of character.

Security beefed up in Kgosi Mampuru as Cat Matlala prepares to testify

South Africa

10 months ago

The Department of Correctional Services said that security at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre has been beefed up to prepare for Cat Matlala's testimony.

Ad Hoc Committee: Julius Malema and Khusela Diko clash over Julius Mkhwanazi testifying

Politics

10 months ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters' president, Julius Malema, and African National Congress MP Khusela Diko clashed during an Ad Hoc Committee meeting.

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