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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Gauteng Education Department to investigate Glenvista High School's SGB

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George Building Collapse: 28 People Still Unaccounted for, Families Asked to Identify Workers

South Africa

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Joslin Smith's mother Kelly had a "nice" Mother's Day: South Africans furious

South Africa

2 years ago

Jacob Zuma and 5 other politicians who switched political parties before elections

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2 years ago

Outcry from relatives of Lily Mine workers whose remains are still trapped underground

South Africa

2 years ago

Zulu King Misuzulu ka Zwelethini allegedly to take a 3rd wife, SA reacts

South Africa

2 years ago

Meeting between IEC and US ambassador to SA not strange: Stellenbosch professor

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2 years ago

The Independent Electoral Commission and the United States's ambassador to South Africa met, and South Africans slammed the meeting and criticised the IEC.

Freedom Front Plus member resigns in viral TikTok video, accuses party of entrenched racism

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2 years ago

Anco Barker, a former member of the Freedom Front Plus, resigned from the FF+ and accused the political party of having a racist constitution. SA supported her.

No political party will win majority in KwaZulu-Natal: Economic Freedom Fighters

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2 years ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters' secretary-general Marshall says no political party is going to win with an outright majority in the KwaZulu-Natal province.

Thabo Mbeki accuses Eskom of deliberately engineering loadshedding

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2 years ago

The former president Thabo Mbeki blamed Eskom for manufacturing loadshedding by ignoring warnings from employees about low coal levels. SA criticised him.

SAPS officer allegedly takes a bribe in viral video, South Africans furious

South Africa

2 years ago

A member of the South African Police Service went viral after a video of him interacting with a citizen trended. He seemingly took a bribe from the citizen.

Johannesburg woman and her boyfriend sentenced for killing her daughter

South Africa

2 years ago

A woman from Johannesburg and her boyfriend will be spending years in prison. The Johannesburg High Court sentenced them for killing her daughter.

Study shows South Africa's global reputation has improved, netizens don't believe it

South Africa

2 years ago

A study recently conducted among 17 countries showed that South Africa's reputation has significantly improved. Netizens strongly denied the findings to be true.

Dali Mpofu and former Public Protector Busi Mkhwebane could allegedly be struck off the roll

South Africa

2 years ago

Advocates Busi Mkhwebane and Dali Mpofu could be in trouble after the Legal Practitioners Council allegedly received complaints against the advocates.

Durban woman sentenced for swindling R18 million, South Africans react

South Africa

2 years ago

A woman from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal was sentenced to 40 years, to be served concurrently, for fraud after she swindled people out of R18 million.

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