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

5044 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi approves new white paper to tax foreign-owned spaza shops

Politics

2 years ago

Western Cape SAPS officer killed with his service gun, SA heartbroken

South Africa

2 years ago

A look inside KPMG theft accused Fidelis Moema's salary and assets worth millions

South Africa

2 years ago

Coloured community will no longer be marginalised and sidelined, says Julius Malema

Politics

2 years ago

UNISA investigating 1456 students after cheating outcry, South Africans react

Education

2 years ago

Almost 40,000 government employees earning 6-figure salaries, SA disgusted

Politics

2 years ago

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Cell phone data links murder accused, data analyst reveals

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Services linked the five men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa through their cellphone data. South Africans want Kelly Khumalo arrested.

North West police officer shot dead during failed robbery, South Africans saddened

South Africa

2 years ago

A member of the South African Police Station in Rustenburg, North West, was shot and killed during a failed robbery. South Africans mourned his death.

Eswatini monarch King Mswati allegedly gives Jacob Zuma large sums of money

Politics

2 years ago

Former president Jacob Zuma allegedly received large sums of money in three black bags from Eswatini king Mswati III. South Africans held different views.

Consumer price inflation drops to 5.3% from 5.6%, South Africans are not comforted

Economy

2 years ago

Consumer price inflation decreased by 0.3% from February to March this year. Food inflation also decreased, but South Africans were wary of the decrease.

Eastern Cape husband who tried to kidnap and kill wife arrested

South Africa

2 years ago

An Eastern Cape man attempted to kill his wife. He kidnapped her, strangled her and tried to dump her body. She escaped and reported the incident.

Jacob Zuma's case against Karyn Maughan and prosecutor Billy Downer removed from roll

Politics

2 years ago

Former president Jacob Zuma's case against prosecutor Billy Downer and Karyn Maughan was struck off the roll. Many South Africans thought there was no case.

South Africans worried as Johannesburg security guards get naked during protest

South Africa

2 years ago

Gauteng-based security guards protested naked for permanent jobs after their contracts were terminated. Netizens were worried about them due to the cold.

41 Soweto preschool kids consume rat poison, rushed to Chris Hani Baragwanath

South Africa

2 years ago

Forty-one children from Soweto mistakenly ate rat poison. The Department of Health in Gauteng is concerned about the rise in similar incidents in the province.

Law enforcement agencies will prevent violence and disorder on 29 May: IEC

Politics

2 years ago

The Independent Electoral Commission is confident that the country's law enforcement agencies will have boots on the ground for the upcoming general elections.

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