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

4373 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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SAHRC criticises Gauteng Education for unplaced learners as parents demand action

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SAHRC criticises Gauteng Education Department as over 3,000 learners start school year unplaced, amid divided public opinion on the commission's relevance.

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Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu is missing after devastating floods swept through Mozambique, raising concerns and calls for swift government action.

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An AI-generated video of Helen Zille dancing has gone viral, amusing South Africans despite the unnatural movements of her digital DA counterparts.

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South Africa leads global internet usage, sparking debate over stats revealing top sites visited, including Google and pornography, amidst doom-scrolling concerns.

SAWS issues multiple weather warnings for Mpumalanga and Limpopo through the weekend

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Heavy rainfall in Mpumalanga has caused over R2 billion in damage, with severe flooding and infrastructure threats predicted to continue in the province and Limpopo.

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Four killed in a Germiston mass shooting, following a previous attack in Cape Town. Rising gun violence sparks outrage as SAPS closes illegal taverns in Gauteng.

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Another mass shooting in South Africa claimed seven lives in Cape Town's Marikana informal settlement, raising urgent concerns over increasing violence.

TFASA denies US claims of military tech exports amid rising naval exercise controversy

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Tensions escalate as the US accuses South Africa's TFASA of exporting military technology to China, impacting national security amid naval exercises with Iran.

Fikile Mbalula weighs in on KZN Government of Provincial Unity

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4 months ago

Fikile Mbalula critiques the uMkhonto weSizwe Party's instability as the ANC addresses the destabilisation of the KwaZulu-Natal Government of Provincial Unity.

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