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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Democratic Alliance convinced it has a solid campaign for 2024 General Election

Politics

2 years ago

Cyril Ramaphosa deploys SANDF to Eskom and nationally to fight crime

South Africa

2 years ago

MK Party founder Jabu Khumalo slams Duduzile Zuma in viral video, South Africans unmoved

Politics

2 years ago

DA members allegedly attacked while putting up posters in Attridgeville

Politics

2 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa promises National Health Insurance Fund won't be looted

Politics

2 years ago

Cyril Ramaphosa confident he will get second term, South Africans disagree: "He doesn't deserve it"

Politics

2 years ago

2 more arrests made for Ditebogo Phalane murder, South Africans express mistrust in justice system

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service made two more arrests in connection with the gruesome murder of five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane Jr in Soshanguve.

MKP not moved by ConCourt ruling on Jacob Zuma, supporters throw weight behind Msholozi

Politics

2 years ago

Supporters of the MKP and the party were unfazed by the Constitutional Court's ruling that former president Jacob Zuma cannot run for a seat in Parliament.

Little girl injured in clash between EFF and ANC in Polokwane

Politics

2 years ago

Members of the African National Congress and the Economic Freedom Fighters clashed in Juju Valley in Seshego, Polokwane during a door-to-door campaign.

Senzo Meyiwa accused communicated the day he was killed

South Africa

2 years ago

The cellphone analyst testifying during the Senzo Meyiwa trial revealed that two of the suspects called each other several times the day Senzo Meyiwa was murdered.

8 year-old Eastern Cape child and 4 others killed in shooting spree, South Africans angry

South Africa

2 years ago

Seven people, including an eight-year-old, were shot and killed in the Eastern Cape in the Amathole Municipality District on 19 May. South Africans were furious.

Constitutional Court rules Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run for Parliament in general elections

Politics

2 years ago

The Constitutional Court ruled that former president Jacob Zuma cannot run for a seat in Parliament. MKP supporters were unhappy but pledged continued support.

Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi dies in helicopter crash: Mzansi discusses possible cause of accident

Asia

2 years ago

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi died after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed into a mountainous region in the Western Azerbaijan province.

National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure warns against lawlessness during Elections

Politics

2 years ago

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structures have deployed members to 600 voting stations thy have the potential to be volatile during the elections.

Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa denies energy crisis is a politicking field

South Africa

2 years ago

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addressed businesses in KwaZulu-Natal and assured them that loadshedding wouldn't affect their businesses post-elections.

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