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

4951 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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ANC veteran Tokyo Sexwale's name entered into ANC presidential race

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Julius Mkhwanazi and Kagiso Lerutla bail application postponed

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SANDF members ride through fire on bikes, South Africans roast them

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Relatives of KwaZulu-Natal family gunned down are devastated

South Africa

3 months ago

EDTP SETA in hot water after failing to account for missing R647 million

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3 months ago

Who is General Puleng Dimpane? A look at the new acting National Police Commissioner

South Africa

3 months ago

Kanye West lookalike suspect wanted for theft, South Africans joke

South Africa

3 months ago

South Africans joke about a crime suspect resembling Kanye West. The suspect is linked to a Polo theft syndicate in Johannesburg, sparking social media reactions.

Julius Mkhwanazi spends another night behind bars after bail application postponed again

South Africa

3 months ago

Ekurhuleni Metro Police Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi's bail hearing postponed; faces fraud, corruption charges alongside City Manager Kagiso Lerutla.

State suggests Kagiso Lerutla was allegedly involved in covering up a murder

South Africa

3 months ago

Ekurhuleni City Manager Kagiso Lerutla faces grave allegations of murder cover-up and corruption as he fights for bail in the Boksburg Magistrates Court.

Cyril Ramaphosa and Firoz Cachalia to address the nation following Fannie Masemola court appearance

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3 months ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Police Minister Firoz Cachalia will address South Africans on 23 April regarding national commissioner Fannie Masemola's court issues.

Eastern Cape South African Police Service officers ambushed and 1 killed

South Africa

3 months ago

A SAPS officer was ambushed and killed in the Eastern Cape while another was injured. Investigations are underway as police search for leads in this tragic incident.

SAWS issues warning for severe floods across South Africa

South Africa

3 months ago

Severe floods are imminent as the South African Weather Service issues Yellow Level 4 warnings for Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo, predicting heavy rainfall.

Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's body was forcefully repatriated

Africa

3 months ago

Zambia's government takes Edgar Lungu's remains from Pretoria, as family disputes burial rights, igniting outrage over the legal battle for his body.

Emmarentia road rage: Family of man who shot motorist speaks up, defends him

South Africa

3 months ago

Family defends man arrested in fatal Johannesburg road rage incident, expressing condolences for Faisal ul Rehman while claiming self-defence in Emmarentia shooting.

Union calls for National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's suspension after court appearance

South Africa

3 months ago

The Independent Police Union calls for the suspension of SAPS Commissioner Fannie Masemola amid his court case over a controversial R360 million tender.

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