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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Analyst says IEC should force MKP to produce rigging evidence

Politics

2 years ago

25-year-old released on bail for raping old woman arrested for another rape

South Africa

2 years ago

Gift of the Givers assists close to 15,000 Western Cape flood victims

South Africa

2 years ago

SAPS prevent possible murder after seizing firearms and ammunition in KZN

South Africa

2 years ago

Rand strengthens against the US Dollar, South Africans have questions

Money

2 years ago

11-year-old Soweto boy shoots himself with father's gun, SAPS arrests dad

South Africa

2 years ago

2 SAPS officers robbed of guns and car in KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

2 years ago

Two members of the South African Police Service were robbed in KwaZulu-Natal after they tried to stop a vehicle. One of the suspects was later shot and killed.

eThekwini cancels EPWP contracts because it cannot afford it

South Africa

2 years ago

The eThekwini Municipality cancelled the Expanded Public Works Programme because it cannot afford the R278 million needed to sustain it. Netizens are unhappy.

Potchefstroom community hands couple over to SAPS for allegedly murdering 4-year-old toddler

South Africa

2 years ago

The community of Boiketlong in the North West and their councillor apprehended two suspects who were handed over to the police for allegedly murdering a toddler.

Panyaza Lesufi wants DA deputy speaker to continue in her position

Politics

2 years ago

The Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said he wanted the Gauteng Provincial Legislature's Deputy Speaker Refiloe Nt'sekhe to continue in her role and not resign.

Alleged granny beater to appear before Kuils River Magistrates Court, SA demands he get no bail

South Africa

2 years ago

The 19-year-old teenager from the Eastern Cape who allegedly beat his grandmother in a video will appear before the Kuils River Magistrates Court

Economic Freedom Fighters willing to work with ANC-led provincial government

Politics

2 years ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters in Gauteng expressed a desire to continue working with the African National Congress in the Gauteng province. SA was suspicious.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni blames voters for larger Cabinet

Politics

2 years ago

The Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, blamed the electorate for the size of the new Cabinet, which has 77 members including ministers and deputies.

SAPS rescues family from 2-day kidnapping ordeal in Eastern Cape

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service arrested four suspects in the Eastern Cape after they kidnapped a family of six from Lusikisiki for two days. Netizens were pleased.

DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga trash-talks PA, RISE Mzansi MECs

Politics

2 years ago

The leader of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng, solly Msimanga, slammed the appointment of IFP, PA and RISE Mzansi members as MECs in Panyaza Lesufi's cabinet.

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