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.

3489 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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

South Africa

a year ago

Minister Dean Macpherson says KZN is dangerous after MEC narrowly escapes hit attempt

South Africa

a year ago

Eastern Cape man who defrauded Eskom of R16 million appears in court

South Africa

a year ago

Eskom to put an end to illegal prepaid electricity in November

South Africa

a year ago

Economic Freedom Fighters fails to lift Parliamentary suspension without salary

Politics

a year ago

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane announces that Pretoria Girls High Principal suspended

Education

a year ago

Tony Yengeni speaks on Jacob Zuma's expulsion from the ANC

Politics

a year ago

The African National Congress's former Chief Whip Tony Yengeni spoke out against how the partry expelled the former president. South Africans didn't care.

Drip founder Lekau Sehoana sets record straight on eviction allegations

South Africa

a year ago

Drip Footwear founder Lekau Sehoana cleared the air about allegations his wife and child were kicked out of their home for unpaid rent. South Africans supported him.

Northern Cape man who hit toddler with a brick convicted of assault

South Africa

a year ago

A Northern Cape man was handed a suspended sentence for assaulting a toddler with a brick in 2023. Some South Africans were disappointed in the sentence.

Gayton McKenzie accused of being Xenophobic for calling Chidimma Adetshina Nigerian

Politics

a year ago

The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie faced criticism on X after he called Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina a Nigerian. SA was angry.

Free State man arrested for allegedly killing wife after an argument turned violent

South Africa

a year ago

A man from Zamdela in Sasolburg, Free State, reportedly killed his wife after they got into an argument. He fatally stabbed her, and the police arrested him.

Bloemfontein SAPS seize dagga worth R1 million en route to Cape Town

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service's Bloemfontein Flying Squad apprehended four men who were en-route to Cape Town from Gauteng with dagga worth R1 million.

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula calls Jacob Zuma dangerous after expulsion

Politics

a year ago

The African National Congress's secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said Jacob Zuma created a platform that is dangerous and a breeding ground for extremists.

KZN SAPS confirms 15 AK47-wielding gunmen who robbed Phoenix store not arrested

South Africa

a year ago

Fifteen suspects robbed a jewellery store in Phoenix in KwaZulu-Natal. They got into a shootout with the police, and they escaped. Police are investigating.

MK Party slams ANC for not informing Jacob Zuma of his axing

Politics

a year ago

The MK Party has accused the African National Congress's disciplinary process of being a kangaroo court after it claimed Jacob Zuma was uninformed of his removal.

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