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

5070 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Men who allegedly stole alcohol forced to drink it in viral video, South Africans laughed hysterically

South Africa

2 years ago

Julius Malema to assist 2021 July Unrest convict, South Africans debate his intentions

Politics

2 years ago

Durban Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda says waters safe to swim amid E-coli contamination allegations

South Africa

2 years ago

South Africans livid after teenager hurls racial slur at YouTuber in viral TikTok video

South Africa

2 years ago

July 2021 Unrest instigator sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, SA relieved

South Africa

2 years ago

Post Office needs R3.8 billion for bailout, SA rejects its suggestion

South Africa

2 years ago

2 Eastern Cape men carry coffin across unstable bridge in viral video, SA blames ANC

South Africa

2 years ago

Two men in the Eastern Cape carried a coffin while they walked on an unstable bridge. South Africans blame the province's residence for voting for the ANC.

Alberton woman and her son hacked to death by gardener, Mzansi stunned by violent murder

South Africa

2 years ago

A couple's gardener killed the woman and her nine-year-old son. It's alleged that the man hacked them to death and the husband called security. He was arrested.

Foreign nationals cross Beitbridge border from Zimbabwe in front of ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba in viral videos

Politics

2 years ago

Action SA's president Herman Mashaba watched as foreign nationals unlawfully crossed the Beitbridge border into South Africa, capturing their movement on video.

5 dead, 1 arrested by Hawks after foiled bank robbery in Carletonville, SA applaud the cops

South Africa

2 years ago

The Hawks led a joint operation investigating would-be robbers when they were involved in a shootout with the suspects on the N14 in Ventersdorp. Five suspects died.

11 Dead, 42 injured and 100 still trapped in Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg after horrific accident

South Africa

2 years ago

Over 100 miners are still trapped in an accident at the Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg, which left 11 dead and 42 taken to hospital. SA is worried.

South Africans share hilarious designs for proposed Eskom logo tender: “Name must be EishKant”

South Africa

2 years ago

South Africans shared hilarious logo designs after Eskom published a tender asking the public for three different logos for their rebranding plan.

Pick n Pay ice cream expired in 2022 still on shelves in TikTok video, Mzansi angry

South Africa

2 years ago

A Pick n Pay shop in Johannesburg went viral on TikTok after a netizen shared a video showing expired ice cream still in the fridges. SA wasn't shocked.

Pitso Mosimane slammed for downplaying African Football League: “Pitso is showing jealousy”

Football

2 years ago

Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane was slammed after dismissing the African Football League as a mere tournament. SA called him jealous.

Limpopo man kills girlfriend and later commits suicide, SA horrified at gender-based violence

South Africa

2 years ago

A woman was killed by her boyfriend in Tzaneen after they went out for drinks. The man later killed himself at his other girlfriend's. SA mourned the woman's death.

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