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

4996 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Child shot dead during robbery in Edenvale, SA mournful

South Africa

a year ago

Heavy rains damage part of Sun City Resort in the North West, SA speechless

South Africa

a year ago

Expert reveals Misuzulu could marry again in February amid divorce furore

South Africa

a year ago

Bees defend overturned truck from looters in KZN in viral video, SA makes jokes

South Africa

a year ago

BMA arrests 120 foreign nationals trying to cross the Beitbridge border illegally

South Africa

a year ago

Video of drunk Limpopo villagers attacking ambulance with patient enrages SA

South Africa

a year ago

Traffic volumes to increase on N1, N12, N4, N2, R61 as holidaymakers return home; SA reacts

South Africa

a year ago

The Road Traffic Management Corporation is expecting high traffic volumes on national roads including the N1, N2, N4, N12 and R61 in the coming week.

Limpopo SAPS arrested 664 suspects during Operation Vala Umgodi

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested 664 suspects in Limpopo during Operation Vala Umgodi from 1 December 2024 to January 2025. SA celebrated.

Expert says City of Cape Town lied about City's clean bleaches, SA stumped

South Africa

a year ago

A professor debunked claims the City of Cape Town made that its beaches were safe to swim in. An independent study revealed that the waters are contaminated.

Political parties DA and ActionSA welcome court ruling that Johannesburg VIP Protection is unlawful

Politics

a year ago

The Democratic Alliance's Johannesburg Caucus leader Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku and ActionSA welcomed a court ruling against VIP protection for politicians.

ANC stalwart and former mayor Yusuf Bhamjee dies, tributes pour in

Politics

a year ago

The African National Congress's stalwart and former mayor Yusuf Bhamjee died on 3 January 2025. Comrades who knew him gave him his flowers and saluted him.

Duduzane Zuma demands action be taken against Nkandla protesters

Politics

a year ago

The MK Party president Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane slammed members of the Moses Mabhida Region's protest and called for strict discipline against them.

Heavy storms expected to hit South African provinces, netizens not ready

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Weather Service issued warnings that the country will experience scattered thunderstorms and rainfall on 4 January 2025. SA reacted.

SAPS spoils boy who was ill-treated by Santa Claus in viral video

South Africa

a year ago

Members of the South African Police Service visited children at a community after a child was mistreated by a Santa Claus in a viral video. SA was touched.

Eskom fully synchronises Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, adding over 900 MW, SA happy

South Africa

a year ago

Eskom announced that Koeberg Nuclear Power Station's Unit 2 has been fully synchronised with the national grid, adding 930MW of capacity. SA celebrated.

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