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

5063 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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KwaZulu-Natal missing 5-year-old who got onto wrong taxi found 1 day later, netizens relieved and upset

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2023 Matric Results: Stellenbosch Dean of Education Faculty encourages matriculants with low marks

Education

2 years ago

AFCON: Pitso Mosimane praises Percy Tau’s performance after Tau regrets missing penalty in viral video

Football

2 years ago

ANC MP Boy Mamabolo kisses another woman in viral video, sees nothing wrong with it

Politics

2 years ago

4.1 metre python swallows pitbull in North West, South Africans laugh about it

South Africa

2 years ago

Man appeared in Court for pretending to be a United Nations Diplomat during 2021 Local Government Elections

South Africa

2 years ago

IEC reveals Jacob Zuma can’t run for president in 2024 General elections because of criminal record

Politics

2 years ago

The former president, Jacob Zuma, may never become South Africa's president again. The IEC revealed that his criminal record prevents him from contesting.

Sports Analyst blames Bafana Bafana vs Mali 2-0 AFCON loss on Hugo Broos’ poor decision-making

Football

2 years ago

Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 against Mali in their first African Cup of Nations match. Sports analyst Matthews Mpete blamed coach Hugo Broos of making poor choices.

Loadshedding Stage 2 and Stage 1 to be implemented in tandem until further notice, SA crack jokes

South Africa

2 years ago

Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the Minister of Electricity, revealed that the country should expect to experience stages 2 and 1 successively until further notice.

Gwede Mantashe roasts Fikile Mbalula over Jacob Zuma-Nkandla words: “He got carried away”

Politics

2 years ago

ANC's national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, was disappointed in Fikile Mbalula for speaking about Nkandla in a way that compromised the ruling party.

City of Cape Town Department of Environmental Health official gunned down, South Africans saddened

South Africa

2 years ago

A City of Cape Town government official was gunned down outside of her workplace in Strand. The suspect shot her four times through the drivers' window.

Fikile Mbalula defends his Zuma-Nkandla statements, but SA is not falling for it

Politics

2 years ago

The African National Congress's secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, is in hot water after his statements in which he confessed that the ANC lied about Nkandla.

Cyril Ramaphosa confident the ANC will not be removed from government, SA raises eyebrows

Politics

2 years ago

The African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa is confident that the ANC will retain the vote and not be removed from government in 2024.

Blade Nzimande slams OUTA’s allegations of corruption, Mzansi believes he is untouchable

South Africa

2 years ago

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Blade Nzimande has denied receiving millions in kickbacks from NSFAS's service providers.

401 Gold One mineworkers fired for December illegal underground sit-in, 114 placed on suspension

South Africa

2 years ago

401 mineworkers from Gold One Mine in Springs, Ekurhuleni, were fired after they were involved in an illegal underground sit-in where miners were held hostage.

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