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

4981 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Disbanded politicial killings task team wanted to arrest Senzo Mchunu and Shadrack Sibiya

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Migration expert weighs in on Operation Dudula's campaign against undocumented foreign nationals

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a year ago

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says electricity price must go down

South Africa

a year ago

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says police won't back down in gunfight with criminals in resurfaced video

South Africa

a year ago

Over 1 million unemployed South Africans apply for SAPS vacancy as applications close

South Africa

a year ago

Dean Macpherson promises accountability 1 year after the George building collapse

South Africa

a year ago

6 year-old Limpopo child killed by stray bullet, South Africans hurt

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service opened a case of murder after a six year-old boy was struck by a bullet in Polokwane, Limpopo, and died later in hospital.

Gauteng SAPS hunt for gunmen after 5 killed in tavern shooting, SA reacts

South Africa

a year ago

Police have launched a manhunt for the 10 suspects who were involved in a mass shooting in a tavern in an informal settlement in Olivenhoutbosch, Gauteng.

Gauteng Health responds to presence of ARVs in water sources

South Africa

a year ago

The Departments of Health and Water and Sanitation have responded to the North West University's discovery of antiretrovirals in the country's water systems.

MP Fadiel Adams criticises General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during Parliament debate about his allegations

Politics

a year ago

The President of the National Coloured Congress and Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams crticised General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's 6 July press briefing.

Professor Firoz Cachalia Wants To Meet With National Commissioner Fannie Masemola

Politics

a year ago

The acting Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia, said that he wants to meet with National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. South Africans discussed.

Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says South Africans cannot kick illegal immigrants out of clinics, hospitals

Politics

a year ago

Gauteng's Health MEC, Nomantu nkomo-Ralehoko, said that South Africans must not remove undocumented foreign nationals from public healthcare facilities.

Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says there's a threat of a coup d'état

Politics

a year ago

The Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said that the government is working on mitigating the threat of a coup d'état. South Africans reacted.

SA celebrates after Transport Minister Barbara Creecy dissolved the Road Accident Fund board

South Africa

a year ago

The Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, dissolved the Road Accident Fund Board as the RAF faces a myriad of issues. South Africans have celebrated the news.

SAPS top cop General Shadrack Sibiya weighs in after he is placed on special leave

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service's Deputy National Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya has responded after being placed on leave by General Fannie Masemola amid criminal allegations

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