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

5269 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Olorato Mongale's mother delivers moving tribute at her daughter's funeral in Bloemfontein

South Africa

a year ago

Over 34,000 patients still awaiting surgery in Gauteng: Health MEC

Politics

a year ago

Elon Musk denies using drugs after report accuses him of drug use, SA not amazed

a year ago

IFP National Spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa salutes Deputy Chief Whip KP Sithole who was assassinated

Politics

a year ago

Free State police officer allegedly goes on a shooting spree and kills tow truck driver

South Africa

a year ago

KZN police officer shot dead in an attempted murder-suicide, South Africans react

South Africa

a year ago

South African Police Service releases Olorato Mongale murder suspect who was a victim

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service released Fezile Ngubane after he was arrested for his alleged connection to the murder of Olorato Mongale. He too was a victim.

Vryburg principal arrested for selling teacher's post at high school, South Africans fuming

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a principal in Vryburg, North West, for soliciting a bribe from a teacher post applicant. South Africans were irritated.

Olorato Mongale's cousin speaks out after suspect shot and killed in KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

a year ago

One of the relatives of Olorato Mongale, who was found dead in Lombardy West, said the family was unhappy that the police shot and killed one of the suspects.

SAPS arrest more suspects linked to the murder of Olorato Mongale

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested more suspects involved in the death of Olorato Mongale, who was found in Lombardy West, Johannesburg on 30 May 2025.

Joslin Smith: Jacquin Appollis' lawyer blames drugs for his actions

South Africa

a year ago

The lawyer of Jacquin Appollis, who was found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking Joslin Smith, said his decisions influenced by the drugs he took.

SAPS officers applauded after rescuing kidnapped and hijacked woman

South Africa

a year ago

Members of the South African Police Service in Soweto arrested seven people after stopping them and discovering that they hijacked and kidnapped a woman.

3 corpses stolen at Kuruman mortuary have not been found, South Africans shaken

South Africa

a year ago

Three corpses which were stolen from a mortuary in Kuruman in the Northern Cape in March were unaccounted for two months later. South Africans reacted.

Kelly Smith weeps as Joslin Smith's grandmother blasts her in victim impact statements

South Africa

a year ago

Kelly Smith's mother's victim impact statement was read in the Western Cape High Court's sitting of her sentencing proceedings in Saldanha Bay on 28 May.

SASSA payments for KwaZulu-Natal residents to be delayed, SA worried

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) announced that 180,000 SASSA grant recipients will not receive their grants due to non-compliance.

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