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 officer tracks two suspects down on his bicycle, Mzansi applauds his dedication

South Africa

2 years ago

South African rand takes a knock amid unemployment and low mining output

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2 years ago

City of Johannesburg sets aside R83.1 billion for 2024-2025 budget

South Africa

2 years ago

Fact Check: Democratic Alliance's claims of employing 8 out of 10 in Western Cape debunked

Politics

2 years ago

George building collapse: 18 out of 33 victims identified, South Africans saddened by death toll

South Africa

2 years ago

Minister of Police Bheki Cele concerned about increase in political assassinations

South Africa

2 years ago

Joslin Smith: Helen Zille accuses Gayton McKenzie of interference

Politics

2 years ago

The Democratic Alliance's federal chair Helen Zille and the Patriotic Alliance's president Gayton McKenzie got into an X debate over Joslin Smith's disappearance.

Ekurhuleni SAPS member charged with drunk driving, South Africans celebrate

South Africa

2 years ago

Gauteng Commissioner of the South African Police Service Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni slammed a police officer who was caught driving drunk.

Joslin Smith: Pregnant mother Kelly denies selling daughter, Mzansi stunned

South Africa

2 years ago

Kelly Smith, who appeared before the Vredenburg Magistrate's Court with a pregnant belly, denied that she sold the baby and shifted the blame to her boyfriend.

George building collapse: Developer slams allegations that company not registered with CIDB

South Africa

2 years ago

The Minister of Public Works Sihle Zikalala claimed Liatel, the George building's main contractor, was unregistered with the CIDB. Liatel responds.

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla warns of monkeypox outbreak

South Africa

2 years ago

The Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, warned the public to remain vigilant after a 39-year-old man tested positive for monkeypox. South Africans reacted.

Standard Bank employee arrested for stealing R940,000 from dead person

South Africa

2 years ago

A Standard Bank employee was sentenced to eight years for stealing R940,000 from a deceased person's account. Five years of her sentence were suspended.

South Africans in dismay as George building collapse death toll rises to 30

South Africa

2 years ago

The death toll for the victims recovered at the site of the building that collapsed in George, Western Cape, increased to 31. South Africans mourned.

Cyril Ramaphosa to sign NHI Bill into law on 15 May, South Africans furious

South Africa

2 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the NHI Bill into law on 15 May. South Africans opposed the bill and many believed it was not a good idea.

Gauteng Education Department to investigate Glenvista High School's SGB

South Africa

2 years ago

Gauteng's Department of Education deployed a team of officials to investigate the spate of violent incidents erupting at Glenvista High School in Johannesburg.

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