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

Author's articles

ANC NEC member Pule Mabe's corruption case postponed to 17 June 2025

Politics

a year ago

Teacher kidnapped outside of Gqeberha school in the Eastern Cape

South Africa

a year ago

Mpumalanga community protests oversight visit of newly-built Mkhondo Boarding School over jobs

Politics

a year ago

SA horrified after crocodile mauls a North West 7-year-old boy

South Africa

a year ago

Joslin Smith trial: Lourentia Lombaard says she and her boyfriend were tortured for 3 weeks

South Africa

a year ago

SA debates as Lindiwe Sisulu and Tony Leon's name surface for Ebrahim Rasool replacement

Politics

a year ago

Joslin Smith trial: Steveno van Rhyn laughs at Lourentia Lombaard's dream of being a model

South Africa

a year ago

State witness Lourentia Lombaard testified during the Joslin Smith trial that she wanted to be a model when she grew up, and Steveno van Rhyn laughed.

South Africans accuse politician Dan Roodt of racially weaponising pilot's death

Politics

a year ago

Build One SA president Mmusi Maimane criticised politician Dan Roodt, who wrongfully claimed that the pilot who died in Saldanha Bay on Saturday was black.

Donald Trump calls SA dangerous in latest tweet, Netizens condemn him

Politics

a year ago

United States President Donald Trump tweeted on X that South Africa is a dangerous country. South Africans responded and criticised him on social media.

South Africans slam Elon Musk for criticising Julius Malema singing Kill the Boer chant

Politics

a year ago

Billionaire Elon Musk was accused of spreading propaganda and misinformation after he criticised EFF president Julius Malema for singing Kill the Boer.

Ebrahim Rasool defends himself, says he stands by his words after US expulsion

Politics

a year ago

Former South African ambassador to the United States of America Ebrahim Rasool spoke about the remarks he made which led to his expulsion from the US.

South Africans in disbelief after Zama Zama cop arrested in Mpumalanga

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a police officer who was allegedly involved in illegal mining activities in Barberton, Mpumalanga on 22 March.