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.

3492 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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MK Party withdraws its Electoral Court application to declare 2024 general elections invalid

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a year ago

Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald said prisoners must produce their own food

Politics

a year ago

Sports, Arts and Culture minister Gayton McKenzie thanks God in swearing-in ceremony

Politics

a year ago

Free State man arrested for attacking wife with axe for cheating

South Africa

a year ago

Petrol price dropped again by over R1 and SA wants it to go lower

Energy

a year ago

Democratic Alliance can leave GNU if ministers not allowed to exercise authority: Tony Leon

Politics

a year ago

ANC, COPE, EFF, Al Jamah, GOOD, PA voted in favour of R200 prepaid meter monthly service fee

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a year ago

The African National congress, the economic Freedom Fighter, Patriotic Alliance and other parties voted in favour of the R200 monthly service fee in Johannesburg.

SAPU warns Police Minister Senzo Mchunu not to interfere with SAPS operations

Politics

a year ago

The South African Police Union warned the new Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu not to interfere with how the South African Police Service operates.

John Steenhuisen denies DA joined Government of National Unity for positions

Politics

a year ago

The president of the Democratic Alliance John Steenhuisen denied that the party joined the Government of National Unity for cabinet positions. SA called him a liar.

Premier of Free State visits healthcare facility in regular clothes, slams nurses in viral video

Politics

a year ago

The Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae lambasted healthcare facility workers in a viral video after she went undercover to probe service delivery issues.

Body of missing Mpumalanga woman found in a shallow grave

South Africa

a year ago

A woman who went missing's body was found in a shallow grave. The South African Police Service arrested three people in connection with her murder.

South Africans react after MK Party Secretary General Arthur Zwane resigns

Politics

a year ago

The MK Party's secretary-general Arthur Zwane resigned as he wanted to focus on other business and felt that the workload was too much for him to handle.

COGTA MEC Lebogang Maile slams the Democratic Alliance, calls DA spoilt brats

Politics

a year ago

The Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Lebogang Maile criticised the Democratic Alliance's attitude during negotiations for a cabinet.

Angie Motshekga's appointment as Defence Minister sparks debate

Politics

a year ago

the former Minister of basic Education Dr Angie Motshekga has been appointed as the Minister of Defence. South Africans debated her credentials and doubted her.

POPCRU welcomes the appointment of Pieter Groenewald as Correctional Services Minister

Politics

a year ago

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union welcomed the appointment of Pieter Groenewald as the minister of correctional services. Some in SA supported them.

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