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

5064 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole on 5 January, Netizens believe he deserves it

South Africa

2 years ago

2 suspects arrested in Soshanguve shooting, SAPS reveal one victim was 14-year-old girl

South Africa

2 years ago

NSFAS hasn’t paid 20,000 outstanding allowances to students, South Africans angry: “We are suffering”

South Africa

2 years ago

Eskom to implement Stages 2 and 3 loadshedding on 2 January, South Africans fed up

South Africa

2 years ago

4 bodies found lying in pool of blood in Soshanguve, South Africans taken aback

South Africa

2 years ago

South Africa mourns death of anti-Apartheid photographer Peter Magubane: “Rest in Peace”

South Africa

2 years ago

1 suspect shot and killed by Mpumalanga SAPS after business robbery, two robbers still at large

South Africa

2 years ago

Four suspects robbed a supermarket in Mpumalanga. The South African Police Service was alerted, and they immediately responded. One of the suspects was shot.

Mother and son found dead in a car washed away on a bridge during 15-minute heavy rain in Pietermaritzburg

South Africa

2 years ago

A woman and her child were washed away when they drove across a bridge damaged by water in Pietermaritzburg. Another child also drowned in the same storm.

Loadshedding cripples township business and 7 other times Eskom trended for the wrong reasons

South Africa

2 years ago

Eskom threwthe country into darkness many times in 2023 and this devastated businesses, the economy, township enterprises and people's personal lives.

Kusile’s Unit 5 goes online and adds 800MW to combat loadshedding, South Africans unimpressed

South Africa

2 years ago

Eskom announced that Kusile's new Unit 5 is online and has been synchronised to the system and is expected to generate 800MW of electricity to the grid.

6 killed and 5 injured in N2 Eastern Cape Accident, South Africans saddened

South Africa

2 years ago

Six people were killed and five were injured when a Toyota Fortuner and a Ford Kuga collided with each other on the N2 between Dutywa and Mthatha.

7-year-old boy drowns after trying to cross Enembe River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans tearful

South Africa

2 years ago

A seven-year-old boy drowned after he and his family tried to cross the Enembe River in Sundumbili in KwaZulu-Ntal. South Africans mourned his death.

Kirsten Kluyts murder accused Bafana Mahungela denied bail, South Africans discuss his innocence

South Africa

2 years ago

Bafana Mahungela, the 21-year-old student accused of killing Kirsten Kluyts, was denied bail after he appeared at the Alexandra Magistrates Court recently.

Loadshedding to make a comeback on 5 January, SA has had it with Eskom

South Africa

2 years ago

Eskom revealed that loadsheding is expected to resume on 5 January after a short break during the second half of the festive season. South Africans have had it.

Hugo Broos hopes to pass African Cup of Nations group stages, SA unimpressed

Football

2 years ago

Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, revealed that he is hoping that the team would make it past the African Cup of Nations' group stages. SA laughed at him.

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