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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Police launch manhunt for Durban CIT suspects after video goes viral

South Africa

a year ago

AfriForum denies Bergview College rape incident happened at school, questions parents' recollection

South Africa

a year ago

SA laughs as Donald Trump plans to set up refugee centres for Afrikaners in Pretoria

Politics

a year ago

Drunk driver arrested for running pedestrians over in Bantry Bay, Western Cape

South Africa

a year ago

Gayton McKenzie accuses Saldanha Bay mayor of being involved in Joslin Smith's disappearance

South Africa

a year ago

Siviwe Gwarube says SA nowhere near solving gender-based violence

Politics

a year ago

Limpopo SAPS hunt for 58 year-old teacher who allegedly repeatedly raped 13 year-old for months

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service in Polokwane, Limpopo are looking for a 58 year-old man who allegedly raped a 13 year-old teenage learner multiple times.

Bergview College approaches High Court and applies to have deregistration set aside

Education

a year ago

The deputy minister of Women, Children and Persons with disabilities, Steve Letsike, slammed AfriForum for representing the Bergview College principal.

Minister Ronald Lamola says SA won't withdraw Israel Genocide case to please the US

Politics

a year ago

The Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola, said the South African government will not compromise on its case against Israel at the Hague.

ANC will engage AfriForum and Solidarity over the US-SA tensions

Politics

a year ago

The African National Congress's deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane said the party will meet with the lobby groups AfriForum and Solidarity.

South Africans earning over R21,000 will not be covered by SA's labour legislation

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Government posted a notice in the gazette that those who earn a little above R21,000 will no longer be protected by labour legislation.

Military conflict in Myanmar to pause for 2 weeks after horrific earthquake claims 1600 lives

Asia

a year ago

The National Unity Government, which is opposing the current military junta which overthrew Myanmar's former president, said conflict will cease for 2 weeks.

Not in my Name calls for justice for Bergview College rape victim, SA agrees

South Africa

a year ago

Advocacy group, Not in My Name, condemned the rape of a seven year-old girl at the Bergview College in the Eastern Cape. It called for swift justice to be served.

AfriForum slammed for representing Bergview College prinicpal amid rape saga

South Africa

a year ago

Lobby group AfriForum, which is representing Bergview College principal said the police requesting his DNA sample was an abuse of process. SA reacted.

SA accuses Elon Musk of money laundering for selling X to xAI

a year ago

Billionaire Elon Musk sold his X company to xAI, another company he owns, for over R600 billion. South Africans accused him of money laundering.

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