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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Mancoba Seven Angels Ministries cult congregants found guilty of police station shooting

South Africa

2 years ago

Donations ANC, IFP EFF, IFP, DA received and their donors

Politics

2 years ago

Special Investigating Unit raids Home Affairs refugee centres nationally

South Africa

2 years ago

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Murder accused admitted using the number that called Kelly Khumalo 2 twice

South Africa

2 years ago

Soshanguve hijack victim Ditebogo Phalane Jr to be buried, South Africans in tears

South Africa

2 years ago

Funeral Company to offer free burials for George collapse victims, South Africans impressed

South Africa

2 years ago

Mzansi questions R23 million temporary police station in Makhaza, Cape Town: "Comrades feasted here"

South Africa

2 years ago

Police Minister Bheki Cele unveiled a police station that cost them R23 million to construct. South Africans had a lot of questions about the temporary station.

ANC wins by-elections in North West by 70%, MKP gets 1.4% of the votes

Politics

2 years ago

The African National Congress won by a majority in the municipal by-elections in the North West, while the MKP managed to get 1.4% of the total votes.

Free State woman investigated for allegedly tampering with ANC posters in Sasolburg

Politics

2 years ago

An elderly woman from the Free State allegedly tampered with political posters belonging to the African National Congress and a case was opened.

Joe Phaahla discourages people from deactivating medical aid before NHI is implemented

South Africa

2 years ago

The minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, discouraged South Africans from deactivating their medical aid until the NHI is fully implemented. SA had questions.

George building collapse: Family performs spirit-fetching ritual for victim on construction site

South Africa

2 years ago

The family of one of the victims who passed away in the George building collapse performed a spirit-fetching ceremony on site before his burial.

South African Police Service arrest 2 suspects linked to Ditebogo Phalane Jr's killing

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service made two arrests in connection with Ditebogo Phalane Jr's murder. Phalane Jr was killed during a hijacking in Soshanguve.

Joslin Smith: SAPS confess they have reached a dead end, South Africans not surprised

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service in the Western Cape confessed that they do not have any more leads to help them find Joslin Smith and have reached a dead end.

Eldorado Park man randomly shoots crowd and kills one woman before he was arrested

South Africa

2 years ago

An Eldorado Park man shot and killed one woman and injured another person after he randomly shot into a crowd standing by a tuckshop. SA was angry.

Cyril Ramaphosa signs NHI Bill into law, video gets negative reactions from South Africans

Politics

2 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance Bill into law. Many South Africans opposed it and voiced their frustrations on social media.

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