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 a Current Affairs writer. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. 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

2967 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

Author's articles

SA has the highest number of alcohol related road accident deaths, netizens agree

SA has the highest number of alcohol related road accident deaths, netizens agre...

27 days ago

Tony Leon politely declines ambassadorship nomination, blames SA policies for US tensions

Tony Leon politely declines ambassadorship nomination, blames SA policies for US...

27 days ago

Joslin Smith trial: Judge Nathan Erasmus issues stern warning to state witness Lourentia Lombaard

Joslin Smith trial: Judge Nathan Erasmus issues stern warning to state witness L...

27 days ago

Marco Rubio joins Elon Musk in condemning Kill the Boer chant, SA roasts him

Marco Rubio joins Elon Musk in condemning Kill the Boer chant, SA roasts him

27 days ago

1 CIT suspect killed in shootout with Eastern Cape SAPS, police minister lauds arrests

1 CIT suspect killed in shootout with Eastern Cape SAPS, police minister lauds a...

27 days ago

SAPS arrests Zimbabwean in connection with Soshanguve shooting as death toll rises to 6

SAPS arrests Zimbabwean in connection with Soshanguve shooting as death toll ris...

28 days ago

ANC NEC member Pule Mabe's corruption case postponed to 17 June 2025

ANC NEC member Pule Mabe's corruption case postponed to 17 June 2025

The African National Congress's former National Executive Committee member Pule Mabe's corruption case was postponed to 17 June after he appeared.

Teacher kidnapped outside of Gqeberha school in the Eastern Cape

Teacher kidnapped outside of Gqeberha school in the Eastern Cape

The South African Police Service is investigating a kidnapping incident at a chool in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, where a teacher was kidnapped on Monday.

Mpumalanga community protests oversight visit of newly-built Mkhondo Boarding School over jobs

Mpumalanga community protests oversight visit of newly-built Mkhondo Boarding School over jobs

ActionSA's Mpumalanga chairperson, Thoko Mashiane, slammed the province's Department of Education's recruitment process for the Mkhondo Boarding School.

SA horrified after crocodile mauls a North West 7-year-old boy

SA horrified after crocodile mauls a North West 7-year-old boy

A little boy is fighting for his life in an Alberton, hospital after a crocodile attacked him and took his arm off while on a fishing trip in the North West.

Joslin Smith trial: Lourentia Lombaard says she and her boyfriend were tortured for 3 weeks

Joslin Smith trial: Lourentia Lombaard says she and her boyfriend were tortured for 3 weeks

State witness Lourentia Lombaard testified during the Joslin Smith trial that she was beaten for three weeks at a house in Langebaan before she was arrested.

SA debates as Lindiwe Sisulu and Tony Leon's name surface for Ebrahim Rasool replacement

SA debates as Lindiwe Sisulu and Tony Leon's name surface for Ebrahim Rasool replacement

The Democratic Alliance's Federal Chair, Helen Zille, said she would like to see Tony Leon as the ambassador to the United States of America. SA debated.

Joslin Smith trial: Steveno van Rhyn laughs at Lourentia Lombaard's dream of being a model

Joslin Smith trial: Steveno van Rhyn laughs at Lourentia Lombaard's dream of being a model

State witness Lourentia Lombaard testified during the Joslin Smith trial that she wanted to be a model when she grew up, and Steveno van Rhyn laughed.

South Africans accuse politician Dan Roodt of racially weaponising pilot's death

South Africans accuse politician Dan Roodt of racially weaponising pilot's death

Build One SA president Mmusi Maimane criticised politician Dan Roodt, who wrongfully claimed that the pilot who died in Saldanha Bay on Saturday was black.

Donald Trump calls SA dangerous in latest tweet, Netizens condemn him

Donald Trump calls SA dangerous in latest tweet, Netizens condemn him

United States President Donald Trump tweeted on X that South Africa is a dangerous country. South Africans responded and criticised him on social media.

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