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

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi opens up about new role at PowerFM: "Thank you"

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi opens up about new role at PowerFM: "Thank you"

Politics

6 months ago

M23 rebels enter DRC's Bukavu as SA family fears for SANDF member who is hiding in the bushes

M23 rebels enter DRC's Bukavu as SA family fears for SANDF member who is hiding in the bushes

South Africa

6 months ago

SA horrified after Limpopo officer arrested in connection with deaths of her son and his partner

SA horrified after Limpopo officer arrested in connection with deaths of her son and his partner

South Africa

6 months ago

Errol Musk says Elon Musk had a privileged childhood, South Africans not stunned

Errol Musk says Elon Musk had a privileged childhood, South Africans not stunned

South Africa

6 months ago

Cyril Ramaphosa praised after giving female staff workers Valentine's Day roses

Cyril Ramaphosa praised after giving female staff workers Valentine's Day roses

Politics

6 months ago

Former president Thabo Mbeki criticises Donald Trump, unpacks history of US-SA relations

Former president Thabo Mbeki criticises Donald Trump, unpacks history of US-SA relations

Politics

6 months ago

Explained: Donald Trump's soured relations with the South African government

Explained: Donald Trump's soured relations with the South African government

US

6 months ago

Briefly News takes a look at a history of Donald Trump's interactions with the South African government and the economy. Experts, including an economist, weighed in.

Motor Industry Staff Association calls on SA government to repair relations with Donald Trump

Motor Industry Staff Association calls on SA government to repair relations with Donald Trump

Politics

6 months ago

The Motor Industry Staff Association called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to repair the relations between the United States and the South African government.

SAPS officer and Malawian illegal immigrant involved in R1.2 million insurance payout murder

SAPS officer and Malawian illegal immigrant involved in R1.2 million insurance payout murder

South Africa

6 months ago

A member of the South African Police Service is on trial after his lover, a miner from the North West, allegedly plotted and killed her cousin for insurance money.

Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya doubles down on calls for spaza shops to be strictly South African-owned

Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya doubles down on calls for spaza shops to be strictly South African-owned

Politics

6 months ago

The Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya doubled down on her stance on excluding foreign nationals from spaza shops and reserving the informal sector for locals.

AfriForum slams MK Party's treason case against it, calls it an absurd case

AfriForum slams MK Party's treason case against it, calls it an absurd case

Politics

6 months ago

AfriForum's CEO Kallie Kriel was unmoved by the MK Party's treason case, which it opened after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order. SA weighed in.

Government reveals that SANDF forces in Goma under severe attack, retreat is tactically unsound

Government reveals that SANDF forces in Goma under severe attack, retreat is tactically unsound

Politics

6 months ago

The Minister of Defence Angie Motshekga said the South African National Defence Force was facing intense fire from the M23 rebels in the DRC. SA reacted.

EFF president Julius Malema roasts President Cyril Ramaphosa's SONA speech

EFF president Julius Malema roasts President Cyril Ramaphosa's SONA speech

Politics

6 months ago

The Economic Freedom Fighters' president, Julius Malema, criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech during the State of the Nation Address in Parliament.

Mzansi devastated after KwaZulu-Natal gogo shot over 20 times in brutal and senseless killing

Mzansi devastated after KwaZulu-Natal gogo shot over 20 times in brutal and senseless killing

South Africa

6 months ago

The South African Police Service is investigating the brutal killing of a 65 year-old woman from KwaZulu-Natal who was shot over 20 times in her home.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla issued a public apology, SA guffaws

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla issued a public apology, SA guffaws

Politics

6 months ago

MK Party MP and member Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla wrote a public apology in which she apologised to the party's leadership. She did not directly apologise to Shivambu.

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