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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South Africans call US Embassy out for sending petition asking Donald Trump to change SA laws

Politics

a year ago

KZN calls for best hygienic practices as Health Department 117 foot and mouth disease cases recorded

South Africa

a year ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa confident in the new African Union leadership

Politics

a year ago

SA mourns after openly gay imam Moegsien Hendricks assassinated in Eastern Cape

South Africa

a year ago

MK Party in Mpumalanga welcomes more than 1,000 new members including former mayor

Politics

a year ago

Over 300 white Christian leaders accuse US government of cheap political points, SA stans

Politics

a year ago

Returning Wits University students embark on a hunger strike over registration delays

Education

a year ago

Postgraduate students from the University of Witwatersrand have embarked on a hunger strike because they cannot register due to a myriad of issues.

South African man confronted in viral video for allegedly raping 2 women he gave lifts to

South Africa

a year ago

South Africans were furious after a video of a member of the public apprehended a young man for allegedly raping two women he gave lifts to in the Eastern Cape.

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi opens up about new role at PowerFM: "Thank you"

Politics

a year ago

The Economic Freedom Fighter's former member and MP Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi expressed his excitement at being a radio presenter on Power FM. SA reacted.

M23 rebels enter DRC's Bukavu as SA family fears for SANDF member who is hiding in the bushes

South Africa

a year ago

M23 rebels have taken over Bukavu a few weeks after seizing control of Goma. Family members of an SANDF member say he is in hiding after an attack.

SA horrified after Limpopo officer arrested in connection with deaths of her son and his partner

South Africa

a year ago

A SAPS member in Limpopo reportedly killed her son and his teenage girlfriend in Botlokwa. The teenager died in hospital and the cop was arrested.

Errol Musk says Elon Musk had a privileged childhood, South Africans not stunned

South Africa

a year ago

Errol Musk, Elon Musk's father, slammed Elon's claims that he grew up in a middle-income household and said that they grew up a relatively comfortable lifestyle.

Cyril Ramaphosa praised after giving female staff workers Valentine's Day roses

Politics

a year ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrated Valentine's Day when he handed out flowers to female staff members while en-route to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Former president Thabo Mbeki criticises Donald Trump, unpacks history of US-SA relations

Politics

a year ago

The former president Thabo Mbeki criticised United States president Donald Trump's foreign policy approach and compared him to other Republican presidents.

Explained: Donald Trump's soured relations with the South African government

a year ago

Briefly News takes a look at a history of Donald Trump's interactions with the South African government and the economy. Experts, including an economist, weighed in.

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