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

4389 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Caribbean company demands share of Please-Call-Me founder Nkosana Makate's millions from Vodacom

South Africa

6 months ago

Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala to testify before Ad Hoc Committee

South Africa

6 months ago

Johannesburg on fire ahead of the G20 as Solidarity and the government lock horns

Politics

6 months ago

Panyaza Lesufi slams Solidariteit for controversial advert in Johannesburg

Politics

6 months ago

Search underway for missing 14-year-old Western Cape teen who was last seen swimming

South Africa

6 months ago

Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo busts drug dealers selling in church

Politics

6 months ago

SA nurses slammed for taking out insurance policy on dead patient

South Africa

6 months ago

Three nurses from a KwaZulu-Natal hospital were accused of taking out an insuance policy on a patient who ded and cashing in R200,000. Netizens reacted.

Operation Dudula unfazed as it continues plans to visit healthcare facilities

South Africa

6 months ago

Operation Dudula said it will continue its anti-migrant campaign despite the ruling passed by the Gauteng High Court preventing it from continuing their campaign.

MK Party Women's League accuses Nhlamulo Ndhlela of abusing power

Politics

6 months ago

The regional chairperson of the MK Party's Women's League, Shirley Brown, lashed out at party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela and accused him of interference.

Madlanga Commission: Chief of Police accuses Julius Mkhwanazi of irregular recruitment process

South Africa

6 months ago

The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department Chief of Police Jabulani Mapiyeye testified that his subordinate, Julius Mkhwanazi, excluded him from a recruitment process.

Senzo Mchunu appoints spokesperson as he prepares for Madlanga Commission

Politics

6 months ago

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu appointed Sthembiso Mshengu as his spokesperson as he is expected to appear before the Madlanga Commission to testify.

SA government says 17 South Africans trapped in war-torn Ukraine region

Politics

6 months ago

The Presidency's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said that 17 South African men were trapped in a war-torn region in Ukraine and called on the government to help.

Cape Flats shootings claim 11 lives in 24 hours as 1 killed in Muizenberg

South Africa

6 months ago

One person was killed in a shooting at Overcome Heights in Muizenberg in the Cape Flats. The police are also investigating two separate shootings in Cape Town.

Vodacom reaches settlement deal with Please-call-me founder Nkosana Makate

South Africa

6 months ago

Telecommunications giant Vodacom and Please-Call-Me founder Nkosana Makate reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement for his invention after years of battling.

SAPS worried about allegations of police officers preventing Westbury gangsterism investigations

South Africa

6 months ago

The South African Police Service said it was concerned that members of the police have been accused of having ties to Westbury gangsters, hampering investigations.

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