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

5273 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Family of slain SANDF member says he was a patriot who wanted to be a soldier growing up

South Africa

a year ago

ANC says it followed fair process in signing the Expropriation Bill into law

Politics

a year ago

TMPD impounds 18 motorbikes and 8 taxis for noncompliance during Reclaim Our City campaign

South Africa

a year ago

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa acknowledges electricity too expensive for average person

Politics

a year ago

Former MKP Mpumalanga convener allegedly accuses Dr John Hlophe of sexual harassment

Politics

a year ago

SA calls Jacob Zuma's case against the use of "GNU" by the SABC a waste of time

Politics

a year ago

Limpopo SAPS female officer's body found by grandson after boyfriend allegedly kills her

South Africa

a year ago

A member of the South African Police Service's body was found dead and her boyfriend went missing. The police are looking for him as the main suspect.

Road accident claims the life of North West SAPS constable, SA mourns

South Africa

a year ago

A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilux she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

Limpopo man and accomplice arrested for the murder of his wife, South Africans angry

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested a man in Limpopo who handed himself over for allegedly killing his wife and dumping her body in Kromdraai, Free State.

John Steenhuisen says he found out about Expropriation Bill signing on social media

Politics

a year ago

The president of the Democratic Alliance, John Steenhuisen, said he discovered about the signing of the Expropriation Bill on X, and declared a dispute in the GNU.

6 people including 5 children found dead in the Eastern Cape, SA devastated

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service is investigating an inquest after six members of one family, including five children, were found dead in the Eastern Cape.

Dashcam footage of brazen thieves robbing courier delivery man goes viral, South Africans stumped

South Africa

a year ago

A courier delivery man was robbed by a group of people in a viral video. Dashcam footage caught the incident, and South Africans were not happy.

Gauteng SAPS rescue Tshwane boy who was kidnapped and held hostage for 4 days

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service arrested five suspects for kidnapping a four-year-old Afghan boy from his father's friend's home in Laudium, Tshwane.

SA unimpressed as Lesetja Kganyago appointed Stellenbosch University's new chancellor

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, has been appointed as Stellenbosch University's chancellor for the next five years. SA reacted.

Crocodile bites Limpopo man after he kicks it in viral video, SA reacts

South Africa

a year ago

A man from Limpopo went viral on social media after he provoked a crocodile. He put his foot in its mouth and it bit him. South Africans were unimpressed.

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