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

5276 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Limpopo SAPS arrested 664 suspects during Operation Vala Umgodi

South Africa

a year ago

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

South Africa

a year ago

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

Politics

a year ago

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

Politics

a year ago

Duduzane Zuma demands action be taken against Nkandla protesters

Politics

a year ago

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

South Africa

a year ago

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.

MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela denies corruption allegation, SA slams him

Politics

a year ago

The spokesperson of the MK Party, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, said that his blood ties with Tom Moyane had nothing to do with the SARS tender he received in 2016.

7 Dead, including toddler, in N4 crash in Mpumalanga on New Year's Eve

South Africa

a year ago

Seven people died in a horrific crash on the N4 in Mpumalanga on 31 December 2024. A car swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle.

Democratic Alliance opens crimen injuria case against SABC employee

South Africa

a year ago

The Democratic Alliance has opened a case against SABC employee Noluntu Mkhize for getting into a fight with a flight attendant on 26 December 2024.

Joslin Smith: A timeline of her disappearance, suspects and court appearances in 2024

South Africa

a year ago

Six year-old Joslin Smith from Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape disappeared in February. Her mother was arrested as one of the suspects and remains behind bars.

Civil authority joins voices in condemning SABC employee for viral outburst

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Civil Aviation Authority condemned SABC employee Nobuntu Mkhize's outburst on a FlySafair flight where she attacked a flight attendant.

SAPS condemns video of teenagers joyriding police van, SA defends police

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service condemned an incident in Ipeleng in the North West where teenagers rode on top of a police van on Christmas Day.

Patriotic Alliance to launch formal complaint with SAHRC against viral SABC employee

South Africa

a year ago

The Patriotic Alliance's deputy president Kenny Kunene announced that the party will lodge a complaint against Nobuntu Mkhize at the SA Human Rights Commission.

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