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

5049 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Cyril Ramaphosa and Julius Malema visit Moria during Easter weekend

Politics

2 years ago

Durban metro police officer kills metro police officer girlfriend, SA discuss

South Africa

2 years ago

Limpopo government to start conducting postmortems on 45 killed in horror crash, SA hurt

South Africa

2 years ago

Soweto man kills himself after his wife dies, South Africans saddened

South Africa

2 years ago

ANC MP Boy Mamabolo taking the ANC to court for allegedly illegally removing his name from list

Politics

2 years ago

MKP denies using Lira's name for clout, says she's welcome to join the party

Politics

2 years ago

Minister of Transport Sindiswe Chikunga warns motorists to be cautious for Easter weekend

South Africa

2 years ago

The Minister of Transport, Sindiswe Chikunga, called on motorists to be careful, obey the road and be responsible drivers during the Easter weekend.

Three people arrested in Mpumalanga in connection with man whose hands were chopped off

South Africa

2 years ago

Three men were arrested in Emalahleni in Mpumalanga after they allegedly chopped off the hands of a man whom they kidnapped and bound his hands and feet.

2 Bodyguards shot and killed in Richards Bay altercation

South Africa

2 years ago

Two bodyguards attached to two executive members of the uMhlatuze Municipality were killed after they got into an altercation on the morning of 28 March 2024.

Parliamentary committee calls Pravin Gordhan disrespectful after he threatened legal action

Politics

2 years ago

The minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, threatened the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to take them to court. The committee was undeterred.

Limpopo shootout at taxi rank leaves 2 dead, 4 injured

South Africa

2 years ago

A shootout in Limpopo near a taxi rank resulted in two people dying and four people getting injured. The Limpopo police commissioner condemned the incident.

Gayton McKenzie offers R1 million reward for information leading to Joslin Smith’s whereabouts

Politics

2 years ago

Gayton McKenzie offered R1 million for any information that could lead to the location of Joslin Smith, who went missing in February. SA discussed his offer.

Cape Town taxi driver with 50 warrants of arrest and fines worth over R374,000 caught

South Africa

2 years ago

A taxi driver from Cape Town was arrested after he was found to have 50 arrest warrants and fines worth over R450,000 in his name. SA was stunned.

NPO claims to be the rightful owners of MK Party logo, South Africans sceptical

Politics

2 years ago

A Non-Profit Organisation called Legacy Project claimed that the MK party logo belongs to them and not the MK party or the African National Congress.

MK Party supporters boo Zandile Gumede outside Durban High Court

Politics

2 years ago

The former mayor of the City of eThekwini, Zandile Gumede, appeared once more in court for her corruption case, where MK Party supporters heckled her.

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