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

5061 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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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

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

South Africa

2 years ago

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

South Africa

2 years ago

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

South Africa

2 years ago

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

Education

2 years ago

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.

2024 General Elections: The IEC makes submissions on ANC challenging the MK party's registration

Politics

2 years ago

The African National Party has taken the MK to court for registering itself as a political party using a trademarked name, and the IEC submitted an affidavit.

Toyota Hilux bakkie stolen in under 2 minutes in viral video, South Africans' heads spin

South Africa

2 years ago

A Toyota Hilux was stolen in under 2 minutes in a viral video on X. The video showed how a group of thieves broke into the car and managed to get it going.

Groblersdal dog attack accused fled South Africa after murdering two men in 1990

South Africa

2 years ago

Pieter Groenewald, who stands accused of setting his dog on one of his employees, once killed two people during apartheid and escaped the country.

DA leader John Steenhuisen refuses to apologise for crime warden remarks: He shops at Pep

Politics

2 years ago

John Steenhuisen, the Democratic Alliance's leader, said that he was not racist when he called the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens drunkards. SA was angry.

South Africans debate after Naledi Pandor says Mzansi will find other markets to replace Israel

South Africa

2 years ago

The minister of International Relations, Naledi Pandor, exclaimed that the country will explore other trade relations with other regions instead of with Israel.

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