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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Viral photos reveal Nelson Mandela’s abandoned Houghton house in shambles, family failed to maintain it

South Africa

2 years ago

Mpumalanga woman attacked by mob for dumping baby in pit toilet, Mzansi outraged

South Africa

2 years ago

82-year-old gogo arrested for R225 000 Road Accident Fund fraud, netizens perplexed

South Africa

2 years ago

Bheki Cele and assistant spent R479 595,43 at Rugby World Cup, SA curious: “Who is the assistant?”

South Africa

2 years ago

3 KwaZulu-Natal matriculants killed in accident after pens-down party, South Africans angered

South Africa

2 years ago

Quick-thinking N3 Free State truck driver avoids burning truck accident in viral video, SA jokes

South Africa

2 years ago

ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang cut ties with the ruling party, Mzansi scorns him

Politics

2 years ago

The African National Congress's struggle veteran, Mavuso Msimang, resigned from the political party and wrote a letter South Africans found laughable.

14 undocumented children rescued from suspected child trafficking ring in Kimberely in viral video

South Africa

2 years ago

The South African Police Service rescued 14 undocumented children who were travelling from Midrand to Kimberley. South Africans called for harsher punishments.

Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson: Matches won and lost, including Soweto Derby and Telkom Knockout exit

Football

2 years ago

Kaizer Chiefs' interim coach, Cavin Johnson, took over from Molefi Ntseki in October and has since coached four matches: two victories and defeats.

NSFAS to cut student funding by R13.7 billion, South Africans’ heads reeling

South Africa

2 years ago

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme of South Africa announced that R13.7 billion will be cut from their budget. Almost a million students won't be funded.

8-Year-old Free State girl’s body found behind church, South Africans mourn her loss

South Africa

2 years ago

An 8-year-old girl from the Free State was found after she went missing for two days. She was allegedly raped before she was killed and SA is broken.

Report reveals only 46% of the water in South Africa is drinkable, SA unfazed

South Africa

2 years ago

The Department of Water and Sanitation revealed in their latest Blue and No Drop Water Report that only 46% of the country's water is drinkable.

Brebner High School classmates pour their heart out at Machaka Radebe’s memorial in TikTok video

South Africa

2 years ago

Machaka Radebe's fellow Brebner High School students shared memories of her after a TikTok video of her memorial at her school went viral. SA also mourned her.

SA trashes EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo for defending Shebeshxt against Eugene Khoza

Celebrities

2 years ago

South Africans turned on the Economic Freedom Fighters' national spokesperson, Sinawo Tambo, after he defended rapper Shebeshxt from Eugene Khoza.

Democratic Alliance councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu Killed in his bedroom, SA worried

Politics

2 years ago

Dhlalayanza Ndlovu, a Democratic Alliance councillor in uMngeni, was shot 10 times after two gunment entered his home and killed him in front of his family.

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