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

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N2 closed due to snow as SAWS warns of severe weather for Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal

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Police officer accused of raping trainee at Tshwane academy granted bail

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Vuyo Zungula removed as president of ATM, South Africans disturbed

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3 bodies recovered with missing aircraft in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans horrified

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Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng apologises after racist comment targetting lawyers

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a year ago

Picture of Julius Malema and Fikile Mbalula hugging and laughing goes viral

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a year ago

Most of Mzansi experiences freezing weather, South Africans complain

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a year ago

South Africans are experiencing a bitterly cold week as the cold front has resulted in cold weather throughout the country. Some parts will experience snow.

EFF MP Sihle Lonzi and Minister Gayton McKenzie roast each other in X twar

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a year ago

Economic Freedom Fighters' Member of Parliament Sihle Lonzi and Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie had an unpleasant exchange on X.

COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa cautions motorists not to drive in the upcoming snowy weather

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a year ago

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa said three provinces will be the most hit by the upcoming weather.

SAPS officer arrested after Bloemfontein teenager abducted on his way home from school

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a police officer for his involvement in the abduction of 19-year-old Kamogelo Bukaudi in Bloemfontein, Free State.

Community mourns after 12 year-old arrested for killing 14-year-old pedestrian in failed joyride

South Africa

a year ago

An 11-year-old boy was arrested in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, after he went on a joyride in his father's car, which killed a teenage pedestrian on 7 June 2025.

Kwazulu-Natal man arrested after allegedly killing social worker

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a man for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal. The woman's brothers found her body.

Helen Zille considers running for Johannesburg Mayor, netizens discuss

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a year ago

The Democratic Alliance's Federal Chairperson Helen Zille is considering running as the mayor of johannesburg, but wants to discuss the matter with her family.

COSATU slams Higher Education Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane's conduct in Parliament

Politics

a year ago

The Congress of South African Trade Unions' Parliamentary Coordinator, Matthew Parks, criticised Higher Education Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane's conduct.

Western Cape Community Safety MEC worried after 4 killed in taxi rank shooting

South Africa

a year ago

Four people were killed and three were injured when a shooting took place at the Mfuleni Taxi Rank in the Cape Flats in Cape Town, Western Cape on 5 June 2025.

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