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

5012 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Julius Malema attends Botswana president Duma Boko's inauguration ceremony

Politics

a year ago

Fikile Mbalula calls for action on spaza shops after 12 food poisoning-related deaths

Politics

a year ago

Kelly Khumalo named as 6th suspect in Senzo Meyiwa's murder

South Africa

a year ago

Limpopo SAPS arrest brother, 43, and sister, 24, for allegedly killing woman's 1 day old infant

South Africa

a year ago

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula claims ANC hates GNU

Politics

a year ago

Limpopo druglords apply for bail after new evidence surfaces against them

South Africa

a year ago

Over 140 illegal miners surface from Potchefstroom mine, most of them illegal foreign nationals

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service in the North West arrested over 140 illegal miners in Potchefstroom. they resurfaced from an old mine which they illegally mined.

COPE, DA calls for administrative systems upgrade following R128 million corruption saga

Politics

a year ago

Opposition parties, the Democratic Alliance and COPE have called for the Polokwane Municipality to upgrade its outdated manual administrative system.

Bridge partially collapses in KwaZulu-Natal because of heavy rainfalls, SA concerned

South Africa

a year ago

A bridge on the N2 south near Amanzimtoti in KwaZulu-Natal partially collapsed due to the heavy rainfall the province experienced. A few cars were damaged.

SAPS arrest Dennilton man accused of raping 2 minors, SA calls for life sentence

South Africa

a year ago

The Dennilton South African Police Service arrested a 43-year-old man who raped two minors. They had gone to his house to ask him for help with a school project.

Infant injured and 1 die in Umgungundlovu during severe thunderstorms in KZN

South Africa

a year ago

Lightning struck a house in Umgungundlovu in KwaZulu-Natal and it injured three people and killed one person during a severe thunderstorm that struck the province.

AfriForum to march against BELA Bill Implementation

Politics

a year ago

AfriForum's Kallie Kriel said the lobby group will march to Freedom Park in Pretoria to protest the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act and save Afrikanerdom.

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille admits prioritising business interests over South Africans

Politics

a year ago

The Democratic Alliance's federal chair Helen Zille admitted at the South African Chamber of Commerce UK that the party prioritised businesses over South Africans.

Hawks arrest North West municipal chief financial officer for alleged corruption, SA claps

South Africa

a year ago

The Hawks from the North West tracked down a municipal official who worked for a municipality in the North West and was arrested for fraud. SA was unimpressed.

Kriel Power Station Unit catches fire but no loadshedding expected, SA worried

South Africa

a year ago

Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga caught fire after a burst pipe leaked oil onto a hot surface. Eskom said it would not result in loadshedding for the country.

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