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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Johannesburg High Court rejects application to evict illegal occupants from 2 hijacked buildings

South Africa

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I was sexually assaulted when I was young and I want to pursue justice": Legal expert advises

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2 years ago

Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates confirmed BRICS membership

Africa

2 years ago

Algeria, Russia, China calls for United Nations Security Council to support ICJ Israel judgement

Europe

2 years ago

8 Suspected cash-in-transit heist robbers nabbed in Vosloorus in Ekurhuleni

South Africa

2 years ago

Cyril Ramaphosa slams opposition for trying to take power, Mzansi in disbelief

Politics

2 years ago

12-Year-old Cape Town girl killed during gunfight between 28s and Nice Time Kids gangs

South Africa

2 years ago

A child was shot and killed during a gangfight in the Cape Flats. The Nice Time Kids gang and the 28s battled for turf and the little girl caught a stray bullet.

Groblersdal dog attack suspects' bail application postponed because of witnesses' safety concerns

South Africa

2 years ago

The Ministers of Justice and Police, Ronald Lamola and Bheki Cele, were present when the two men accused of setting their dog on their employee appeared in court.

20 schoolchildren injured in accidents in Durban and Pietermaritzburg

South Africa

2 years ago

20 children were involved in two different accidents in KwaZulu-Natal. One crashed into a tree, and another was caused by losing control. SA was sad.

Economic Freedom Fighters to miss SONA after bid to dismiss Parliament suspension fails

Politics

2 years ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters have been prevented from attending the SONA after they failed to submit their papers to have their Parliament suspension lifted.

South African man tries to play with kudu and gets gored in the face in viral video

People

2 years ago

A South African man tried to provoke a kudu in a viral video when it attacked him. The man fed the kudu some food and after feeding it he tried to touch it.

3 West Gang members killed in shootout with KwaZulu-Natal SAPS

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service's KZN commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, has been praised for dealing decisively with criminals and gangsters in the province.

4 Elephants roam Mpumalanga township and are later rescued, netizens make jokes: "Don't eat it"

South Africa

2 years ago

Four elephants escaped the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga and were later found and returned to the Park. South Africans made jokes about the animals.

Deputy president Paul Mashatile denies Jacob Zuma's claims that 2024 elections will be rigged

Politics

2 years ago

The Deputy president, Paul Mashatile, denied former President Jacob Zuma's claims that the 2024 general elections would be rigged. SA believed Zuma.

COSATU welcomes ANC’s suspension of former president Jacob Zuma

Politics

2 years ago

COSATU welcomed Jacob Zuma's suspension and believed that the African National Congress's National Executive Committee was supposed to suspend him a while ago.

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