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 the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a 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.

4070 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

Zuma family relative shattered by 17 South Africans trapped in Donbas

Europe

2 months ago

Julius Malema questions SAPS spending R368 million on EFF event

Politics

2 months ago

Ad Hoc Committee chairperson confirms Cat Matlala's testimony will be heard

Politics

2 months ago

Tornado strikes Heilbron, Free State as extreme weather conditions persist in South Africa

South Africa

2 months ago

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula wins court case against Brown Mogotsi

Politics

2 months ago

Security beefed up in Kgosi Mampuru as Cat Matlala prepares to testify

South Africa

2 months ago

Ad Hoc Committee: Julius Malema and Khusela Diko clash over Julius Mkhwanazi testifying

Politics

2 months ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters' president, Julius Malema, and African National Congress MP Khusela Diko clashed during an Ad Hoc Committee meeting.

Democratic Alliance investigates John Steenhuisen for financial misconduct

Politics

2 months ago

The Democratic Alliance has announced that it will investigate its president, John Steenhuisen, after he was accused of misusing the party's credit card.

It may be difficult to prove 17 men trapped in Donbas were lured: expert

South Africa

2 months ago

A legal expert commented on the 17 South African men who are stuck in Donbas, Ukraine and coerced into fighting in the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Charlotte Maxeke Hospital patients fed by families as hospital food supplier shut down

South Africa

2 months ago

The Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital patients had to rely on their families to bring them food after the company that provided the hospital with food closed down.

Driver rams into anti-Gender-Based Violence protest in Cape Town

South Africa

2 months ago

A motorist drove into a group of protesters at an anti-Gender-Based Violence protest in Cape Town. The protest was part of nationwide anti-GBV protests.

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula criticises Madlanga Commission witness Brown Mogotsi

Politics

2 months ago

The African National Congress's Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, criticised North West businessman's testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

Hawks investigates Duduzile Zuma for 17 South African men trapped in Donbas

South Africa

2 months ago

The South African Police Service confirmed that a case has been opened against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla after she was accused of trafficking South African men.

American economist slams Donald Trump for snubbing G20 Summit

3 months ago

American economist Jeffrey Sachs criticised United States President Donald Trump's refusal to attend the G20 Summit on 22 and 23 November 2025 in Johannesburg.

SAWS warns of severe thunderstorm in 2 provinces for weekend

South Africa

3 months ago

The South African Weather Service warned that much of the country will experience rainfall, and several provinces will experience heavy rainfall on the weekend.

Tebogo Mokwena

Tebogo Mokwena

Author's articles

Latest

Trending

Top stories