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

5041 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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SAPS arrest 48 undocumented zama zamas, Mzansi impressed

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Durban Magistrate Court building cases halted after bomb scare

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AfriForum files papers to challenge john Hlophe's appointment to the JSC

Politics

2 years ago

Enyobeni tavern inquest resumes, South Africans still angry

South Africa

2 years ago

Former Minister Zizi Kodwa to appear in Court for corruption charges

South Africa

2 years ago

17 year-old Johannesburg girl arrested for discharging firearm in a cemetery

South Africa

2 years ago

VBS Mutual Bank suspects ask for separate trial, South Africans in disbelief

South Africa

2 years ago

Two of the men accused of being part of the VBS Mutual Bank looting appeared before the Pretoria High Court asking for a stay and a separate trial.

Cyril Ramaphosa promises to improve service delivery in seventh administration

Politics

2 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa promised that the seventh administration would improve service delivery in the country. South Africans did not believe him.

Gauteng prisoners allegedly turn into cats and escape, SA laughs

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2 years ago

Two prisoners who were allegedly held in Gauteng reportedly turned into cats and escaped from custody. The South African Police Service arrested one of them.

Cyril Ramaphosa claps back against Julius Malema in Parliamentary debate

Politics

2 years ago

The president of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa cautioned Julius Malema to display mutual respect during debates while responding to questions in Parliament.

Cape Town house fire claims two lives, South Africans saddened

South Africa

2 years ago

A woman and a child died after a house in Mitchell's Plain caught fire. Two of the inhabitants of the house were treated for inhaling smoke. SA mourned the deaths.

North West gogo thought to be dead found alive, South Africans stunned

South Africa

2 years ago

A North West woman went to the hospital where she was wrongfully declared dead. Her family organised a funeral for her and she came back after she was found alive.

Ex VBS Mutual Bank shareholder hopes former CEO, treasurer will confess to looting

South Africa

2 years ago

VBS Mutual Bank's former CEO Andile Ramavhunga and the bank's former CEO, treasurer and non-executive members will appear before the Pretoria High Court.

MK Party Parliamentary leader John Hlophe calls for agrarian revolution to fight poverty

Politics

2 years ago

The MK Party's Parliamentary leader Dr John Hlophe said that the country needs an agrarian revolution to fight the poverty and hunger in the country.

Carletonville accident suspect given R20,000 bail, charged with culpable homicide

South Africa

2 years ago

The man who was accused of causing the accident which took the lives of 12 children appeared before the Fochville Magistrates Court. He received bail.

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