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 joined Briefly News in 2023 and is a Current Affairs writer. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

3456 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Cyril Ramaphosa delegation to the US includes John Steenhuisen, Parks Tau and 2 other ministers

Cyril Ramaphosa delegation to the US includes John Steenhuisen, Parks Tau and 2 other ministers

Politics

3 months ago

2 most-wanted CIT heist suspects shot and killed in Ekurhuleni, SA reacts

2 most-wanted CIT heist suspects shot and killed in Ekurhuleni, SA reacts

South Africa

3 months ago

Afrikaner who immigrated to the US has a history of anti-semitism, SA not surprised

Afrikaner who immigrated to the US has a history of anti-semitism, SA not surprised

US

3 months ago

SAPS arrests man for crossing into Limpopo from Beitbridge with explosives, SA applauds

SAPS arrests man for crossing into Limpopo from Beitbridge with explosives, SA applauds

South Africa

3 months ago

Fury as Zulu King Misuzulu allegedly to collaborate with Nigerian tribe king

Fury as Zulu King Misuzulu allegedly to collaborate with Nigerian tribe king

South Africa

3 months ago

NPA decides not to prosecute anyone about the Cwecwe case

NPA decides not to prosecute anyone about the Cwecwe case

South Africa

3 months ago

8 killed in Umlazi informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans horrified

8 killed in Umlazi informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans horrified

South Africa

3 months ago

The South African Police Service is investigating a case of murder after unknown assailants shot and killed eight people in an informal settlement in Umlazi, Durban.

White House criticises Episcopal Church of USA for not helping 49 Afrikaners resettle

White House criticises Episcopal Church of USA for not helping 49 Afrikaners resettle

US

3 months ago

The White House's Press Secretary Anna Kelly criticised the Episcopal Church in the United States for refusing to help the Afrikaners who left South Africa.

EFF MP Sihle Lonzi kicked out of Parliament for asking question about Gwede Mantashe's son

EFF MP Sihle Lonzi kicked out of Parliament for asking question about Gwede Mantashe's son

Politics

3 months ago

EFF MP and member of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education Sihle Lonzi was removed from a sitting in Parliament for asking a question on 14 May 2025.

AfriForum hits back against Cyril Ramaphosa calling 49 Afrikaners in the US cowards

AfriForum hits back against Cyril Ramaphosa calling 49 Afrikaners in the US cowards

Politics

3 months ago

The CEO of AfriForum, Kallie Kriel, slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa, who on 13 May 2025 called the 49 Afrikaners who left South Africa cowards.

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is fighting to keep lights on

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is fighting to keep lights on

South Africa

3 months ago

Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that Eskom is working to the best of its ability to ensure that the national grid can remain stable for winter.

Mpumalanga residents fuming that teacher refused to report rape of 8 year-old at singing competition

Mpumalanga residents fuming that teacher refused to report rape of 8 year-old at singing competition

South Africa

3 months ago

Community members in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, have called for a teacher at Mpilontle Primary School to be fired after she allegedly did not report a rape incident.

2 Elderly Eastern Cape sisters were shot and killed in their sleep, South Africans shaken

2 Elderly Eastern Cape sisters were shot and killed in their sleep, South Africans shaken

South Africa

3 months ago

The South African Police Service is investigating a murder which took place in the Eastern Cape, where two elderly siblings were gunned down in their sleep.

Panyaza Lesufi says Gauteng Provincial Government reclaims 15 illegally-occupied buildings

Panyaza Lesufi says Gauteng Provincial Government reclaims 15 illegally-occupied buildings

South Africa

3 months ago

The Premier of Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi said that the government seized 15 buildings that were illegally-occupied in the Johannesburg CBD. SA reacted.

AfriForum's Kallie Kriel reacts to 49 Afrikaners leaving SA to go to the USA

AfriForum's Kallie Kriel reacts to 49 Afrikaners leaving SA to go to the USA

South Africa

3 months ago

AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel said Afrikaners cannot survive culturally in the United States or in any other country after 49 Afrikaners went to the US as refugees.

Tebogo Mokwena