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

5011 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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KZN horror crash leaves 2 dead as eThekwini launches road safety campaign

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a year ago

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu blames unemployment for extortion incidents

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Zimbabwean and South African men arrested for possession of R15 million worth of gold

South Africa

a year ago

Eskom hails recoding prepaid meter project a success, South Africans share views

South Africa

a year ago

Former Limpopo premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi appointed Bapedi Nation prime minister

South Africa

a year ago

Dali Mpofu praises MK Party as important political player, SA laughs

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a year ago

The MK Party's new High Command member Dali Mpofu said the MK Party is a political force to be reckoned with on the South African political landscape.

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber calls out journalists after ID mishap

South Africa

a year ago

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber slammed a journalist for conducting an interview where a young girl blamed Home Affairs for a mistake that wasn't its fault.

Dozens of Tshwane employees arrested for trying to steal Laudium Substation transformers

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested dozens of City of Tshwane officials caught stealing transformers from the Laudium Substation. SA was angry.

Eskom extends deadline to 2025, catches 400,000 non-paying customers

South Africa

a year ago

Eskom and City Power in Johannesburg have given their customers another deadline to recode their electricity meters and to change tampered meter boxes.

Gauteng Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile reveals plans to build airport in Sedibeng

Politics

a year ago

The Gauteng Provincial Government is planning on partnering with the private sector to build a R200 million airport in the Sedibeng region. Netizens don't want it.

Westbury community members clash with South African Police Service in protest action

South Africa

a year ago

Community members of Westbury in Johannesburg, Gauteng, clashed with the South African Police Service during a service delivery protest over a water outage.

Eskom customers in Limpopo struggling to upload tokens on recoded meters, SA worried

South Africa

a year ago

Residents of Malamulele in Limpopo complained that Eskom workers do not help them load tokens in their newly-recoded electricity prepaid meter boxes.

Durban SAPS uncover house that produces fake hair products, SA reacts

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, found an operation that produced fake hair-products. South Africans were not surprised.

Ekurhuleni SAPS foils planned robbery, netizens applaud arrests made

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service in Gauteng arrested four suspects who were on their way to commit a robbery in Johannesburg. Netizens applauded the police.

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