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

5068 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Cyril Ramaphosa to appeal Pretoria High Court’s judgement that his Misuzulu recognition was unlawful

South Africa

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Mamelodi Sundowns win 11 straight games, fans here for it: “Sky is the limit”

Football

2 years ago

18-year-old Durban entrepreneur started watch business, was inspired by brother and his style

People

2 years ago

Outstanding NSFAS allowance payments leave NWU and NMU students stranded on campus

South Africa

2 years ago

Thieves rob Free State man of lobola money, South Africans theorise: “It’s an inside job”

South Africa

2 years ago

1 child died and 4 adults injured Durban CBD fire, South Africans worried: “They live in unsafe buildings”

South Africa

2 years ago

SA government, law enforcement violates undocumented foreigners rights when detained, study shows

South Africa

2 years ago

Lawyers for Human Rights released a report which showed that law enforcement officers and government officials violate undocumented foreign nationals when detained.

Food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation at a four-month high, South Africans worried

Economy

2 years ago

Statistics SA revealed the Consumer Price Inflation slowed to 5.5% from 5.9% in November and food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation remains at a four-month high.

10 000 new SAPS officers deployed for festive season, South Africans have no faith

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service deployed its 10,000 recruits across the country, and they will focus on crimes such as gender-based violence and robberies.

Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens on same level as provincial traffic officers, SA unimpressed

South Africa

2 years ago

Professor Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk from the Wits School of Governance thinks the Crime Prevention Wardens' crime-fighting activities must be approached cautiously.

Gauteng Commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela blames government for undocumented foreigners in province

South Africa

2 years ago

The Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, slammed the provincial government for not taking stern action against undocumented foreigners.

Job losses a concern as 6 trucks were set alight on N11 in KwaZulu-Natal, SA worried

South Africa

2 years ago

The Road Freight Association'S CEO, Gavin Kelly, believed that truck drivers whose vehicles are torched stand a chance of losing their jobs as a result.

Seshego Hospital pregnant woman carrying buckets of water to wash, drink and toilet use in viral photos

South Africa

2 years ago

South Africans were angry that a group of pregnant women from Seshego Hospital in Polokwane went viral for carrying buckets of water while heavily pregnant.

Truck crashes into Mpumalanga house in viral photo, netizens debate whose fault it was

South Africa

2 years ago

A truck flew into a house in Belfast, Mpumalanga. The accident resulted in a debate over whose fault it was between the driver or the homeowner for its position.

Pitso Mosimane interested in coaching Nigeria national team, Kaizer Chiefs fans relieved

Football

2 years ago

Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Wahda coach Pitso Mosimane revealed that he would like to coach the Nigerian national team after being linked to Amakhosi.

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