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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United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa tells critics to go to hell

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Cape Town gangsters allegedly kill man and wound his daughter in gang-related activity

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Democratic Alliance takes president Cyril Ramaphosa to court for family meeting

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2 years ago

NSFAS files papers to sever ties with Fintech service providers

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2 years ago

2024 General Election: Special votes in Ulundi delayed, IEC voting station closed

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2 years ago

2024 General Elections: Democratic Alliance allegedly considers coalition with ANC

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2 years ago

Independent Electoral Commission dismisses vote-rigging allegations

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2 years ago

The Independent Electoral Commission slammed claims that there was vote-rigging in KwaZulu-Natal after a video of ballots in a storage facility went viral.

2 MK Party members shot and killed in Katlehong, South Africans horrified

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2 years ago

Two members of the Mkhonto WeSizwe Party were shot and killed in Katlehond on 26 May 2024 during a violent clash with members of the African National Congress.

Jacob Zuma defends ANC and MK Party membership in interview

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2 years ago

The former African National Congress and former head of state Jacob Zuma defended his membership of the African National Congress and the MK Party.

Mthatha residents loot amid taxi strike in viral video, South Africans disappointed

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2 years ago

A group of residents from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape looted an alcohol truck during a taxi strike on the N2 and R61 on 27 May. South Africans slammed them.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa confident in Siyanqoba rally

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2 years ago

The African National Congress's president Cyril Ramaphosa is confident in the ruling party's victory in the upcoming 2024 general elections next week.

Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng plead for votes for 2024 general elections

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2 years ago

Former SABC's COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng pleaded with South Africans to vote for his political party, the African Content Movement, in the upcoming elections.

ANC Limpopo member Jossey Buthane charged with attempted murder

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2 years ago

The African National Congress's Peter Mokaba Region member Jossey Buthane handed himself over to the police for the Juju Valley incident in Seshego

North West South African Police Service rescue kidnapped kid after high-speed car chase

South Africa

2 years ago

The North West South African Police Service arrested four people who were involved in the kidnapping of a little boy who was kidnapped during a robbery.

South Africans convinced government will terminate EPWP in KZN after elections

South Africa

2 years ago

The KwaZulu-Natal government announced it will extend the Expanded Public Works Programme, but South Africans believe this will be until after the elections.

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