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

3481 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela denies corruption allegation, SA slams him

MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela denies corruption allegation, SA slams him

Politics

8 months ago

7 Dead, including toddler, in N4 crash in Mpumalanga on New Year's Eve

7 Dead, including toddler, in N4 crash in Mpumalanga on New Year's Eve

South Africa

8 months ago

Democratic Alliance opens crimen injuria case against SABC employee

Democratic Alliance opens crimen injuria case against SABC employee

South Africa

8 months ago

Joslin Smith: A timeline of her disappearance, suspects and court appearances in 2024

Joslin Smith: A timeline of her disappearance, suspects and court appearances in 2024

South Africa

8 months ago

Civil authority joins voices in condemning SABC employee for viral outburst

Civil authority joins voices in condemning SABC employee for viral outburst

South Africa

8 months ago

SAPS condemns video of teenagers joyriding police van, SA defends police

SAPS condemns video of teenagers joyriding police van, SA defends police

South Africa

8 months ago

Patriotic Alliance to launch formal complaint with SAHRC against viral SABC employee

Patriotic Alliance to launch formal complaint with SAHRC against viral SABC employee

South Africa

8 months ago

The Patriotic Alliance's deputy president Kenny Kunene announced that the party will lodge a complaint against Nobuntu Mkhize at the SA Human Rights Commission.

32-year-old businessman shot and killed in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

32-year-old businessman shot and killed in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

8 months ago

The South African Police Service in KwaZulu-Natal is investigating a murder case after a 32-year-old businessman in Durban was gunned down in a parking space.

SA furious as human smuggler sentenced to 6 months imprisonment: "This must be a joke"

SA furious as human smuggler sentenced to 6 months imprisonment: "This must be a joke"

South Africa

8 months ago

The Komatipoort Magistrates Court sentenced a Mozambican national six months for smuggling children from Mozambique into South Africa through Mpumalanga.

SAPS arrests man for stealing ambulance at Ventersdorp, SA cracks up

SAPS arrests man for stealing ambulance at Ventersdorp, SA cracks up

South Africa

8 months ago

The South African Police Service arrested a man in Tshing in Ventersdorp, North West, for stealing an ambulance while emergency personnel received a patient.

Nyatee Foundation calls for gender-based violence conference in 2025

Nyatee Foundation calls for gender-based violence conference in 2025

South Africa

8 months ago

Tumi Huma, the CEO of the Nyatee Foundation, has called on the government and the private sector to join forces and host a GBV conference in 2025.

Johannesburg residents threatened with fines for improper fireworks use

Johannesburg residents threatened with fines for improper fireworks use

South Africa

8 months ago

The Johannesburg Metro Police Department has warned residents that they will be fined for not using fireworks properly on the appointed times and dates.

Limpopo SAPS condemns murder-suicide incident, SA shattered

Limpopo SAPS condemns murder-suicide incident, SA shattered

South Africa

8 months ago

The South African Police Service is investigating a case of murder and suicide after the bodies of a man and woman were found in Thabazimbi, Limpopo.

Cyril Ramaphosa sends former minister Dy Syndey Mufamadi on fact-finding mission in Mozambique

Cyril Ramaphosa sends former minister Dy Syndey Mufamadi on fact-finding mission in Mozambique

Africa

8 months ago

President Cyril Ramaphosa sent former Minister Dr Sydney Mufamadi on a fact-finding mission in Mozambique to meet with outgoing president Filipe Nyusi.

Parking space dispute leads to murder in Verulam, SA disappointed

Parking space dispute leads to murder in Verulam, SA disappointed

South Africa

8 months ago

The South African Police Service arrested a man for allegedly shooting a truck driver during a scuffle for parking space in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal.

Tebogo Mokwena