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 joined Briefly News in 2023 and is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, and governance. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news, policy and governance, analysis, and profiles. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

3474 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

University of Cape Towns student accuses UCT of academic and financial exclusion in exclusive

University of Cape Towns student accuses UCT of academic and financial exclusion in exclusive

Education

6 months ago

Starlink deal in jeopardy after President Cyril Ramaphosa accuses Elon Musk of holding racist views

Starlink deal in jeopardy after President Cyril Ramaphosa accuses Elon Musk of holding racist views

Politics

6 months ago

Pretoria club Zanzou takes action against bouncers after video of them torturing patrons goes viral

Pretoria club Zanzou takes action against bouncers after video of them torturing patrons goes viral

South Africa

6 months ago

Nelson Mandela's great-grandson Mayibuye disillusioned with the ANC, joins Economic Freedom Fighters

Nelson Mandela's great-grandson Mayibuye disillusioned with the ANC, joins Economic Freedom Fighters

Politics

6 months ago

SA stunned after SAPS arrests 3 suspects in KwaZulu-Natal caught transporting corpse in wheelbarrow

SA stunned after SAPS arrests 3 suspects in KwaZulu-Natal caught transporting corpse in wheelbarrow

South Africa

6 months ago

Expert warns that resettlement to the US for Afrikaners could take years to happen

Expert warns that resettlement to the US for Afrikaners could take years to happen

Politics

6 months ago

Mzansi cheers as Julius Malema says he will not be bullied by Elon Musk

Mzansi cheers as Julius Malema says he will not be bullied by Elon Musk

Politics

6 months ago

The president of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema, reiterated his stance that he would not be bullied by billionaire Elon Musk who called him a criminal.

South Africans call US Embassy out for sending petition asking Donald Trump to change SA laws

South Africans call US Embassy out for sending petition asking Donald Trump to change SA laws

Politics

6 months ago

The United States Embassy in Pretoria announced that it would send a petition from a group of Afrikaners who want Donald Trump to change SA laws.

KZN calls for best hygienic practices as Health Department 117 foot and mouth disease cases recorded

KZN calls for best hygienic practices as Health Department 117 foot and mouth disease cases recorded

South Africa

6 months ago

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has called on the residents of the province to practice hygienic practices after it recorded 117 FMD cases.

President Cyril Ramaphosa confident in the new African Union leadership

President Cyril Ramaphosa confident in the new African Union leadership

Politics

6 months ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who attended the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, praised the new AU leadership. South Africans were not as confident.

SA mourns after openly gay imam Moegsien Hendricks assassinated in Eastern Cape

SA mourns after openly gay imam Moegsien Hendricks assassinated in Eastern Cape

South Africa

6 months ago

South Africa's first openly-gay imam Moegsien Hendricks was shot and killed while officiating a wedding between a lesbian couple in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.

MK Party in Mpumalanga welcomes more than 1,000 new members including former mayor

MK Party in Mpumalanga welcomes more than 1,000 new members including former mayor

Politics

6 months ago

The MK Party welcomed new members from other political parties in Mpumalanga. These include a former mayor who was axed from the African National Congress.

Over 300 white Christian leaders accuse US government of cheap political points, SA stans

Over 300 white Christian leaders accuse US government of cheap political points, SA stans

Politics

6 months ago

Over 300 white Christian leaders in South Africa slammed the United States government and accused it of spreading outright lies about white South Africans.

Returning Wits University students embark on a hunger strike over registration delays

Returning Wits University students embark on a hunger strike over registration delays

Education

6 months ago

Postgraduate students from the University of Witwatersrand have embarked on a hunger strike because they cannot register due to a myriad of issues.

South African man confronted in viral video for allegedly raping 2 women he gave lifts to

South African man confronted in viral video for allegedly raping 2 women he gave lifts to

South Africa

6 months ago

South Africans were furious after a video of a member of the public apprehended a young man for allegedly raping two women he gave lifts to in the Eastern Cape.

Tebogo Mokwena