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

4380 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Fikile Mbalula calls for lifestyle audit of top SAPS officers

Politics

6 months ago

General Tebello Mosikili threatens G20 disrupters with the might of the law

South Africa

6 months ago

Ad Hoc Committee: Mary De Haas questions the qualifications of Dumisani Khumalo

South Africa

6 months ago

Fikile Mbalula confirms ANC's step-in policy for Malusi Gigaba after court appearance

Politics

6 months ago

Dada Morero responds after Solidarity spreads banners across Johannesburg

Politics

6 months ago

Madlanga Commission: Brown Mogotsi alleges that the identity of killer "John Wick" is Cat Matlala

South Africa

6 months ago

Madlanga Commission: Brown Mogotsi links Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and King Misuzulu with CIA

South Africa

6 months ago

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi alleged that KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner and Zulu King Misuzulu work for the Central Intelligence Agency.

SAWS isues Yellow Level warning for thunderstorms and disruptive weather

South Africa

6 months ago

The South African Weather Service has warned that parts of the country are expected to experience a thunderstorm on 18 November 2025 as extreme weather continues.

Battle of the Billboards: Solidarity adds another ad in Johannesburg

South Africa

6 months ago

Trade union Solidarity erected another billboard in Johannesburg days after the Gauteng Provincial Government removed its first billboard in the city.

9-year-old kills himself in Delft on the Cape Flats, community leader mourns his death

South Africa

6 months ago

A grade 3 learner from Delft on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape committed suicide. Community leader Michelle Adonis said that the family will receive help.

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5 killed in horrific Limpopo accident after vehicle loses control

South Africa

6 months ago

Five people from the same family were killed when a bakkie overturned on a bridge in Sekhukhune in Limpopo. The cause of the vehicle overturning is unknown.

French authorities refuse 5 SAPS detectives entry to probe Nathi Mthethwa death

South Africa

6 months ago

The French authorities refused to grant four South African Police Service officers visas and permits to investigate the death of former minister Nathi Mthethwa.

Kelebogile Thepa reinstated as EMPD spokesperson after Madlanga Commission testimony

South Africa

6 months ago

The City of Ekurhuleni's new City Manager Kagiso Lerutla has re-appointed Kelebogile Thepa as the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department's spokesperson.

Gayton McKenzie reacts as Cyril Ramaphosa hits back against calls within ANC to step down

Politics

6 months ago

The president of the Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie, has defended ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa after members of the party called for him to step down.

Madlanga Commission: Julius Mkhwanazi allegedly tampered with dead body at crime scene

South Africa

6 months ago

A witness at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry testified that EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi allegedly ordered offices to get rid of a dead body.

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