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 joined Briefly News in 2023 and is a Current Affairs writer. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

3449 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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IFP National Spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa salutes Deputy Chief Whip KP Sithole who was assassinated

IFP National Spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa salutes Deputy Chief Whip KP Sithole who was assassinated

Politics

2 months ago

Free State police officer allegedly goes on a shooting spree and kills tow truck driver

Free State police officer allegedly goes on a shooting spree and kills tow truck driver

South Africa

2 months ago

KZN police officer shot dead in an attempted murder-suicide, South Africans react

KZN police officer shot dead in an attempted murder-suicide, South Africans react

South Africa

2 months ago

South African Police Service releases Olorato Mongale murder suspect who was a victim

South African Police Service releases Olorato Mongale murder suspect who was a victim

South Africa

2 months ago

Vryburg principal arrested for selling teacher's post at high school, South Africans fuming

Vryburg principal arrested for selling teacher's post at high school, South Africans fuming

South Africa

2 months ago

Olorato Mongale's cousin speaks out after suspect shot and killed in KwaZulu-Natal

Olorato Mongale's cousin speaks out after suspect shot and killed in KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

2 months ago

SAPS arrest more suspects linked to the murder of Olorato Mongale

SAPS arrest more suspects linked to the murder of Olorato Mongale

South Africa

2 months ago

The South African Police Service arrested more suspects involved in the death of Olorato Mongale, who was found in Lombardy West, Johannesburg on 30 May 2025.

Joslin Smith: Jacquin Appollis' lawyer blames drugs for his actions

Joslin Smith: Jacquin Appollis' lawyer blames drugs for his actions

South Africa

2 months ago

The lawyer of Jacquin Appollis, who was found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking Joslin Smith, said his decisions influenced by the drugs he took.

SAPS officers applauded after rescuing kidnapped and hijacked woman

SAPS officers applauded after rescuing kidnapped and hijacked woman

South Africa

2 months ago

Members of the South African Police Service in Soweto arrested seven people after stopping them and discovering that they hijacked and kidnapped a woman.

3 corpses stolen at Kuruman mortuary have not been found, South Africans shaken

3 corpses stolen at Kuruman mortuary have not been found, South Africans shaken

South Africa

2 months ago

Three corpses which were stolen from a mortuary in Kuruman in the Northern Cape in March were unaccounted for two months later. South Africans reacted.

Kelly Smith weeps as Joslin Smith's grandmother blasts her in victim impact statements

Kelly Smith weeps as Joslin Smith's grandmother blasts her in victim impact statements

South Africa

2 months ago

Kelly Smith's mother's victim impact statement was read in the Western Cape High Court's sitting of her sentencing proceedings in Saldanha Bay on 28 May.

SASSA payments for KwaZulu-Natal residents to be delayed, SA worried

SASSA payments for KwaZulu-Natal residents to be delayed, SA worried

South Africa

2 months ago

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) announced that 180,000 SASSA grant recipients will not receive their grants due to non-compliance.

7 killed in 2 accidents in Mpumalanga between bakkie and car

7 killed in 2 accidents in Mpumalanga between bakkie and car

South Africa

2 months ago

Seven people were killed in two separate accidents in Mpumalanga. The first accident on the R38 claimed four lives and the second claimed three lives.

South Africans worried that 7,627 teenagers fell pregnant in Durban in 2024 and 2025

South Africans worried that 7,627 teenagers fell pregnant in Durban in 2024 and 2025

South Africa

3 months ago

Almost 8,000 teenagers fell pregnant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal between April 2024 and April 2025. South Africans were worried and some called it a crisis.

Edenburg pastor given stiff sentence for raping minor, South Africans celebrate

Edenburg pastor given stiff sentence for raping minor, South Africans celebrate

South Africa

3 months ago

The Edenburg Regional Court sentenced a 47-year-old pastor to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter for three years. South Africans celebrated.

Tebogo Mokwena