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

4991 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

6 family members killed in horrific fire in Ekurhuleni, South Africans shaken

South Africa

a year ago

Floyd Shivambu accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of misrepresenting South Africa in the USA

Politics

a year ago

Former MK Party Mpumalanga convenor Mary Phadi wants Floyd Shivambu out of the party

Politics

a year ago

Mpumalanga man arrested after hijacking bakery van and selling the bread

South Africa

a year ago

Julius Malema says Donald Trump is scared of him after singing 'Kill the Boer'

Politics

a year ago

Investigation into 11 year-old Johannesburg boy's death at an advanced stage

South Africa

a year ago

City of Johannesburg roadshow to promote R500m spaza shop fund given mixed reactions

South Africa

a year ago

The City of Johannesburg announced that the roadshow for the Spaza Shop Support Fund will begin on 26 May 2025 and continue until July 2025. SA weighed in.

ActionSA calls for Emfuleni to be placed under administration, slams poor governance

Politics

a year ago

ActionSA's Gauteng chairperson, Funzi Ngobeni, called Premier Panyaza Lesufi to invoke Section 139(5) of the Constitution and place Emfuleni under administration.

City of Tshwane arrests over 90 illegal immigrants after informal settlement raids, SA celebrates

Politics

a year ago

The City of Tshwane's mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya said that more than 90 illegal immigrants were arrested when they raided two informal settlements in May.

Man arrested for making threats to Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town mayor and business owner

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a man from Germiston, Ekurhuleni, after he issued threats against President Cyril Ramaphosa and Geordin Hill-Lewis.

EFF accuses Enoch Godongwana of replacing VAT increase with fuel levy

Politics

a year ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters' Treasurer-General, Omphile Maotwe, slammed the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana for proposing a fuel levy increase.

Calls for Kelly Smith to divulge Joslin's location mount as she awaits her sentencing

South Africa

a year ago

Save the Children has called for convicted kidnapper and trafficker Kelly Smith to reveal the identity of her child, Joslin, whom she sold for R20,000 in 2024.

Communications Minister Solly Malatsi denies BBBEE amendments accommodate Starlink

Politics

a year ago

The Minister of Communicatons, Solly Malatsi, said that the proposed changes to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment laws were not for Starlink.