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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The South African Police Service arrested a man who allegedly killed his mother in the Eastern Cape. The motive behind the killing remains unknown at this point.

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The Department of Human Settlement has opened cases of culpable homicide against several people, including the developers, for the George building collapse.

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The Mk Party's Chief Whip, Mzwanele Manyi, has called for the country to adopt a seven-day working calendar, and his suggestions caused a debate.

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The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, said in an interview with an Italian politician that the United States must establish tariff-free trade with European countries.

KwaZulu-Natal community beats man to death for stabbing his grandmother for drug money

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A community in Mountview, KwaZulu-Natal, killed a young man in an act of mob justice after he stabbed his grandmother for refusing to give him money for drugs.

Julius Malema takes a swipe at Jan Van Riebeeck in scathing address

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a year ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema slammed Jan Van Riebeeck during his EFF Land Reclamation Day rally in Sophiatown, Johannesburg.

Taxi patrollers force passengers out of pre-arranged private transport, SA furious

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a year ago

The South African National Taxi Council condemned an incident where taxi patrollers in Refilwe, Tshwane, stopped a taxi full of passengers enroute to work.

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