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

Author's articles

Cyril Ramaphosa slams wealthy nations at 78th UN General Assembly Debate for not raising R1.9 trillion

Politics

2 years ago

Woman plugs South Africans with Woolies R40 cake slice, netizens thankful

People

2 years ago

Pretoria woman roasts American lady in TikTok video for race lesson, Mzansi joins in and trolls US chick

People

2 years ago

Man fights 13-foot python which tries to bite and squeeze him, Netizens thankful he escaped

People

2 years ago

Cape Town celebrates success, bags qualification after being Spur waiter and Woolworth’s retail worker

People

2 years ago

South African toddler sings Nkosi Sikekel’ iAfrika in TikTok video, Mzansi’s hearts won over

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

KZN mlungu slays Lady Du Amapiano dance in TikTok video, women swoon over him

People

2 years ago

A gent from KwaZulu-Natal showed off how he can dance Amapiano moves when he posted a TikTok video of himself moving to a club banger belonging to Lady Du.

Gauteng builder drops stunning home in TikTok video, architecture earns South Africans’ respect

People

2 years ago

A man on TikTok dropped a video of a fantastic house that he built for a client. The home was so luxurious people said they would build it for their relatives.

Former Naspers CEO Bob Van Dijk Bob walks away with R1.29 billion, netizens glad he left

Industry

2 years ago

Bob Van Dijk, who recently announced his resignation from Naspers, will be walking away with R1.29 billion in salaries and incentives. Netizens are happy he left.

Jeffreys Bay man kayaks in street after freak waves cause flooding in TikTok video, SA entertained

People

2 years ago

A man took advantage of the waves that flooded his street in Jeffreys Bay when he kayaked down the road in a TikTok video. His clip made people love SA even more.

Durban madala buys himself Toyota Corolla, dances for joy in viral TikTok video

People

2 years ago

A madala from Durban celebrated that he bought a new car when he danced in a TikTok video, touching the hearts of many who watched the warming content.

South African men joke after accident leaves them covered in dirt in viral TikTok video

People

2 years ago

South Africans laughed at two men who made jokes after crashing their car in a TikTok video. The gents asked each other how they were and netizens were entertained.

Kruger National Park elephant charges at Limpopo man’s bakkie, TikTok video goes viral: “He was too calm”

People

2 years ago

A man who was driving in the Kruger National Park came face-to-face with an elephant. It disappeared for a moment before returning to strike his bakkie.