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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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is fighting to keep lights on

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Mpumalanga residents fuming that teacher refused to report rape of 8 year-old at singing competition

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a year ago

2 Elderly Eastern Cape sisters were shot and killed in their sleep, South Africans shaken

South Africa

a year ago

Panyaza Lesufi says Gauteng Provincial Government reclaims 15 illegally-occupied buildings

South Africa

a year ago

AfriForum's Kallie Kriel reacts to 49 Afrikaners leaving SA to go to the USA

South Africa

a year ago

Eskom announces stage 2 loadshedding, South Africans furious

South Africa

a year ago

3 Including Limpopo taxi association members killed in midnight gunfight

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is investigating an incident where two members of the Beitbridge Taxi Association were shot and killed in Musina.

Donald Trump attacks media, accuses them of not reporting white genocide as he welcomes Afrikaners

Politics

a year ago

United States President Donald Trump has accused media organisations of not providing coverage and reporting on alleged white genocide in South Africa.

American Church leader refuses to help Afrikaners as they arrive in the US

Politics

a year ago

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US, Sean Rowe, said his church will not help the Afrikaners who relocated to the United States as refugees.

Alleged Tembisa Hospital arsonist arrested after confession, set to appear in court

South Africa

a year ago

The Premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, announced that one of the suspects involved in the Tembisa Hospital fire was arrested and confessed to the fire.

Julius Malema calls for South Africans to be prioritised in local employment efforts

Politics

a year ago

The president of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema, has called on councillors to prioritise South Africans in employment opportunities.

Tim Omotoso files urgent application to overturn illegal status declaration

South Africa

a year ago

Timothy Omotoso filed an urgent application against the Department of Home Affairs, challenging the prohibited declaration Home Affairs made after his arrest.

US government opens refugee admissions program for South African minorities

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a year ago

The United States Embassy in South Africa has officially launched its refugee program after 29 Afrikaners were taken from OR Tambo to the United States.

5 murder suspects killed in deadly shootout with SAPS in KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service in KwaZulu-Natal shot and killed five suspects accused of killing four people, including two police officers, in the province.

Arrested televangelist Tim Omotoso to appear in court following his arrest in Eastern Cape

South Africa

a year ago

Televangelist Tim Omotoso is expected to appear before the East London Magistrates Court in the Eastern Cape on 12 May after he was arrested on 10 May.

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