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

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Free State man arrested after allegedly killing sister and stabbing mother over money

South Africa

a year ago

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli calls on community members to report illegal firearms

Politics

a year ago

1 dead, 2 injured in R102 head-on crash in the Eastern Cape, netizens crushed

South Africa

a year ago

Timothy Omotoso sent back to Nigeria, South Africans not happy

South Africa

a year ago

Former neighbour of Afrikaner in the US slams him, accuses him of being opportunist

South Africa

a year ago

Cyril Ramaphosa delegation to the US includes John Steenhuisen, Parks Tau and 2 other ministers

Politics

a year ago

2 most-wanted CIT heist suspects shot and killed in Ekurhuleni, SA reacts

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal shot and killed two cash-in-transit heist suspects who were hiding in Ekurhuleni. SA reacted.

Afrikaner who immigrated to the US has a history of anti-semitism, SA not surprised

a year ago

Charl Kleinhaus, one of the Afrikaners who relocated to the United States of America, has a history of anti-Semitism in his tweets, and he defended himself.

SAPS arrests man for crossing into Limpopo from Beitbridge with explosives, SA applauds

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a 28 year-old man for attempting to smuggle explosives into the country at the Beitbridge border in Limpopo.

Fury as Zulu King Misuzulu allegedly to collaborate with Nigerian tribe king

South Africa

a year ago

The Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelethini and the Warri king of Nigeria Ogiame Atuwatse signed a pledge of collaboration for the two nations on 16 May 2025.

NPA decides not to prosecute anyone about the Cwecwe case

South Africa

a year ago

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it will not pursue any prosecutions about the Cwecwe rape case after it found insufficient evidence.

8 killed in Umlazi informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans horrified

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service is investigating a case of murder after unknown assailants shot and killed eight people in an informal settlement in Umlazi, Durban.

White House criticises Episcopal Church of USA for not helping 49 Afrikaners resettle

a year ago

The White House's Press Secretary Anna Kelly criticised the Episcopal Church in the United States for refusing to help the Afrikaners who left South Africa.

EFF MP Sihle Lonzi kicked out of Parliament for asking question about Gwede Mantashe's son

Politics

a year ago

EFF MP and member of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education Sihle Lonzi was removed from a sitting in Parliament for asking a question on 14 May 2025.

AfriForum hits back against Cyril Ramaphosa calling 49 Afrikaners in the US cowards

Politics

a year ago

The CEO of AfriForum, Kallie Kriel, slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa, who on 13 May 2025 called the 49 Afrikaners who left South Africa cowards.

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