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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South Africans angered after fuel price hike announced for February: "ANC is destroying us"

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1 Copper cable theft suspect killed after shootout with City Power's security in Eldorado Park

South Africa

2 years ago

Economic Freedom Fighters returns to court to have Parliament suspension for SONA set aside

Politics

2 years ago

Senzo Meyiwa murder accused claims he confessed because he was under threat, Mzansi not buying it

South Africa

2 years ago

KwaZulu-Natal ambulance gets stuck in big pothole in front of MEC of Transport viral video

South Africa

2 years ago

SANDF to train Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens, Mzansi uncertain of move

South Africa

2 years ago

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng advise 1st-time male university students in viral videos

Education

2 years ago

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, the University of Cape Town's former vice-chancellor, advised first-time university students on how to conduct themselves.

Durban high school learner commits suicide after teacher makes fun of him, SA furious

South Africa

2 years ago

A learner from a high school in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, committed suicide because his math and science teacher allegedly bullied him daily over his marks.

Missing Limpopo South African Police Service female sergeant found dead days later

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service is mourning the death of Limpopo-based sergeant Juliet Motshwene, who went missing and was found a few days later.

15 year-old stabs and kills 17 year-old at tavern in Limpopo, South Africans upset

South Africa

2 years ago

A 17year-old boy was stabbed and killed by another teenager in Limpopo at a tavern. It is unclear why he was stabbed, but he was arrested on the same day.

University of Johannesburg allegedly owes private accommodation providers millions in unpaid fees

Education

2 years ago

The University of Johannesburg allegedly did not pay private accommodation providers millions in fees that were supposed to come from NSFAS from last year.

Public Protector Warns That South Africa Could Be a Welfare State, Netizens in Agreement

South Africa

2 years ago

The public peotector, Kholeka Gcaleka, revealed that the country could become a welfare state if millions of its citizens depend on social grants for longer.

South Africans earn 10% to 15% higher salaries when making career change to in-demand jobs

Money

2 years ago

Samatha-Jane Gravett, the Director of consultancy Robert Walters Africa, spoke to Briefly News about how salaries affected by the economy influence workers.

Soshanguve woman and boyfriend sentenced to life and 38 years for killing her husband

South Africa

2 years ago

A woman from Soshanguve and her boyfriend were given hefty sentences for plotting and killing her husband of 25 years. The judge said the woman was blinded by love.

ANC's Fikile Mbalula claims it achieved 90% of its targets, South Africans snicker

Politics

2 years ago

The ANC's secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, revealed that the ruling party met 90% of the targets it set, such as getting rid of loadshedding and improving lives.

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