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

5051 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Durban couple, their pitbull and friend allegedly killed by carbon monoxide, Mzansi broken

South Africa

2 years ago

Checkers Sixty60 driver robbed of groceries at gunpoint in viral video, netizens outraged

South Africa

2 years ago

Driver dies in Ekurhuleni after trying to cross flooded bridge, Mzansi mourns him

South Africa

2 years ago

Dobsonville doctor killed after robbery at practice, Mzansi suspects a hit

South Africa

2 years ago

Boyfriend blames himself for disappearance of Saldanha Bay missing child Joslin Smith

South Africa

2 years ago

Gauteng SAPS defends arrest of 15-year-old teen in Hillbrow after police assumed she was a foreigner

South Africa

2 years ago

Man impersonating doctor arrested after trying to solicit bribe at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital

South Africa

2 years ago

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital opened a case against a fake doctor who was trying to solicit a bribe from a patient, who alerted hospital personnel.

Saldanha Bay Mayor reveals R20,000 offered for missing 6-year-old Joslin Smith

South Africa

2 years ago

The Mayor of Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape said that a R20,000 reward has been made to anyone with information leading to the discovery of Joslin Smith.

South Africans turn on Cyril Ramaphosa after he praises 2024 budget: "Lies"

Politics

2 years ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke well about the 2024 Budget Speech delivered by finance minister Enoch Godongwana. South Africans rejected his words.

Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula unilaterally increases Parliament Secretary's salary

Politics

2 years ago

Parliament speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula could be in trouble after she increased the salary of Parliament's secretary, Xolile George. Netizens are angry.

15-Year-old Johannesburg teenager arrested for allegedly resembling foreign national

South Africa

2 years ago

A 15-year-old teenager from Johannesburg was falsely arrested by the SAPS after she was mistaken for a foreign national. Her father had to prove her citizenship.

Limpopo SAPS arrests 3 suspects for allegedly befriending and killing 74-year-old German tourist

South Africa

2 years ago

A German tourist was allegedly killed by three suspects who were arrested for his death in Limpopo. This was after the man gave one of them a lift.

Limpopo SAPS K9 dog killed by python in Lephalale, SA mourns: "RIP K9 officer"

South Africa

2 years ago

The Limpopo South African Police Service lost a member of the K9 Unit after the Belgian Shepherd was killed by a python in Lephalale. SA blames SAPS for negligence.

167 Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officials have criminal records according to EMPD audit

South Africa

2 years ago

167 Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officials have criminal records for crimes ranging from murder to theft according to an audit done by the EMPD.

South Africa welcomes Enyobeni Tavern owners' sentence of R10K fine or 100 days in prison

South Africa

2 years ago

The owners of the Enyobeni Tavern were fined R10 000 or 100 days in prison after they were found guilty of supplying alcohol to children under the age of 18.

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