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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Deputy National Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya says speeding caused 3 officers' deaths

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South Africans call for supermarket regulation as food prices increase despite decrease in inflation

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South Africans laugh as Panyaza Lesufi issues stern warning to undocumented foreigners in Gauteng

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a year ago

SAPS Kraaifontein constable shot at mosque, netizens angered by killing

South Africa

a year ago

15 dead and 5 injured in R63 head-on collision between taxi and bakkie in Eastern Cape

South Africa

a year ago

Families of the 3 dead SAPS constables to fetch their bodies from Gauteng

South Africa

a year ago

SANDF confirms that soldiers in DRC have begun returning to South Africa

South Africa

a year ago

The South African National Defence Force announced that the soldiers deployed in the DRC have begun their withdrawal through Rwanda to Tanzania.

ANC Limpopo's regional elective conference postponed over infighting

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a year ago

The African National Congress's Norman Mashabane Regional branch in Mopani, Limpopo, postponed its elective conference due to unresolved disputes.

South African Weather Service warns of cold weather hoax, predicts a warmer winter

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Weather Service addressed a cold weather hoax that has been making its rounds on WhatsApp about the coldest winter in South Africa.

Father of one of 3 deceased SAPS constables opens up about his daughter

South Africa

a year ago

Paul Senoge, the father of one of the police officers who were found in the Hennops River, said his daughter's birthday would have been on 4 May.

KwaZulu-Natal residents protest against illegal immigrants, netizens slam government

South Africa

a year ago

Anti-illegal immigration protesters marched through the Durban, KwaZulu-Natal CBD, calling for government to act on illegal immigration in the country.

General Fannie Masemola suspects that deceased SAPS constables died by accident

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service's National Commissioner Fannie Masemola said the three officers who were found dead may have been killed in an accident.

SAPS find parts of vehicle belonging to slain constables, SA stunned

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a year ago

The South African Police Service confirmed that car parts belonging to the vehicle the three dead constables were travelling in were found in Tshwane.

Current gold SASSA cards to continue working until 31 May

South Africa

a year ago

The CEO of Postbank, Nikki Mbengashe, said Postbank has given SASSA grant recipients until 31 May to switch from using gold cards to the new black card.

Hundreds of North West residents affected by Vaal River flooding

South Africa

a year ago

A community leader in the Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality in the North West asked for humanitarian aid to assist families affected by the overflowing Vaal River.

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