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 the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a 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.

4070 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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A look inside the house forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan is selling

South Africa

28 days ago

Julius Malema defence team argues for leniency, says tough sentence will affect his children

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28 days ago

Julius Malema pre-sentencing: Security tightened outside East London Magistrates Court

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28 days ago

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Heartbreak in Tshepisong: Families mourn matriculants lost in horrific Vaal crash

South Africa

28 days ago

John Steenhuisen appoints council to combat Foot-and-Mount Disease outbreak in SA

Politics

30 days ago

Body of infant found murdered at Brighton Beach, Durban

South Africa

30 days ago

Constitutional Court rules that antenuptial contracts invalid after paying lobola

South Africa

30 days ago

The Constitutional Court's ruling on customary marriages sparks debate in South Africa, affirming that antenuptial contracts post-marriage are invalid.

EFF supporter gogo encourages Julius Malema in viral video ahead of pre-sentencing

Politics

30 days ago

A viral video of an elder EFF supporter defending Julius Malema ahead of his pre-sentencing hearing ignites heated debates about justice and accountability.

Vaal accident: Family that lost 2 sons in accident says it trusted scholar transport

South Africa

30 days ago

Tragedy strikes as a family mourns the loss of two boys in a Vaal accident, exposing fatal flaws in the scholar transport system after 12 children die.

Vaal accident: Parents of the victims demand that scholar transport system be scrapped

South Africa

30 days ago

Families of the 12 children killed in the Vanderbijlpark crash demand the abolition of the scholar transport system, raising urgent safety concerns.

Ad Hoc Committee: Robert McBride Questions General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi regarding murder case

Politics

a month ago

Former IPID boss Robert McBride alleges KwaZulu-Natal's General Mkhwanazi has more knowledge about a murder than he revealed when he testified in Parliament.

Several children injured and hospitalised after scholar transport accident in Elspark, Ekurhuleni

South Africa

a month ago

Nine learners injured in a Gauteng scholar transport crash in Elspark, a day after 12 were killed in Vanderbijlpark. Investigations into the collisions are ongoing.

Fikile Mbalula responds to allegations that Patrice Motsepe is on the ANC Presidency campaign trail

Politics

a month ago

Fikile Mbalula denies claims of Patrice Motsepe's presidential bid in the ANC, as supporters rally around the unofficial "PM Siyavumelana" campaign.

Preliminary report reveals that Vaal accident driver was not licensed to operate scholar transport

South Africa

a month ago

Tragic crash in Vanderbijlpark leaves 13 dead as unlicensed scholar transport driver faces police investigation and demands for accountability grow in South Africa.

Limpopo father awaits news of son missing since devastating January floods

South Africa

a month ago

A Limpopo father, Lucky Baloyi, searches for his missing son after catastrophic floods devastate their village, leaving heartache and destruction in their wake.

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