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.

3488 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Hawks find cell phones worth R5.5 million stashed in the ceiling of China Mall

South Africa

a year ago

Deputy minister in the presidency responds to Julius Malema calling him a boy

Politics

a year ago

Expert recommends independent inquiry into the killing of KZN suspects

South Africa

a year ago

SA Air Force member and civilian attacked by leopard in Limpopo

South Africa

a year ago

ANC's Fikile Mbalula calls on Home Affairs minister to clarify Chidimma Adetshina's citizenship

Politics

a year ago

Xenophobic attacks against Chidimma Adetshina will land you in hot water: SAHRC

South Africa

a year ago

Jacob Zuma will die an ANC member, says representative Tony Yengeni

Politics

a year ago

The African National Congress's former Chief Whip Tony Yengeni said the former president Jacob Zuma will not stop believing he is an ANC member. SA laughed.

Ex-South African Police Service officer convicted for loaning gun to robbers for R50K

South Africa

a year ago

A former member of the South African Police Service in the Free State was convicted after trying to rob the offices of the Protection and Security Services.

Body of newborn baby found abandoned in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans heartbroken

South Africa

a year ago

A scrap collector discovered the body of an abandoned newborn baby in Hammonds Park in KwaZulu-Natal. South Africans were heartbroken by the discovery.

Free State Home Affairs official arrested for allegedly selling IDs to foreign nationals for R10,000

South Africa

a year ago

A Home Affairs official was arrested and appeared before a court in the Free State on charges of fraudulently issuing IDs to undocumented foreign nationals.

Gayton McKenzie says he must investigate Chidimma Adetshina controversy in viral video

Politics

a year ago

The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie said he would investigate Miss South Africa finalist Chidimma Adetshina's citizenship status.

Teachers robbed at Durban school, South Africans angry: "We are in trouble"

South Africa

a year ago

Six armed suspects stormed a primary school in KwaMashu in Durban and robbed the teachers of their cellphones and money from their bank accounts.

EFF condemns attacks against Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina

Politics

a year ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters have slammed South Africans and accused them of being xenophobic and afrophobic towards Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs weighs in on Chidimma Adetshina's citizenship

Politics

a year ago

The deputy minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, said nobody wrote to the department to contest Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina's citizenship.

South African motorists spend more using unleaded 95 and not unleaded 93

South Africa

a year ago

Automotive Association South Africa believes that motorists with small engines could save more money by using 93 unleaded petrol and not 95 unleaded petrol

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