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 a senior 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. Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

5262 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Eskom collaborates with The Netherlands to launch horticulture farm in Grootvlei, Mpumalanga

South Africa

8 months ago

EFF respsonds after JDA CEO Themba Mathibe arrested for possessing large sums of money

Politics

8 months ago

Vaal accident: families deliver moving tributes as victims laid to rest

South Africa

8 months ago

EFF president Julius Malema speaks after postponement of pre-sentencing hearing

Politics

8 months ago

Julius Malema pre-sentencing: Social worker says Malema is not a candidate for sentencing

Politics

8 months ago

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

South Africa

8 months ago

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

Politics

8 months ago

Julius Malema's pre-sentencing hearing sees his legal team argue for leniency after his firearm conviction, but South Africans demand equal treatment under the law.

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

Politics

8 months ago

Julius Malema awaits sentencing after his firearm conviction. As EFF supporters rally outside, tensions rise over potential imprisonment or a suspended sentence.

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

South Africa

8 months ago

Families mourn best friends Thato Mcira and Sagwadi Mathe, tragically lost in the R553 accident in Vanderbijlpark, as loved ones demand accountability.

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

Politics

8 months ago

Minister John Steenhuisen announces the FMD Industry Coordination Council to tackle Foot-and-Mouth Disease, addressing farmers' urgent pleas amidst livestock loss.

Body of infant found murdered at Brighton Beach, Durban

South Africa

8 months ago

Paramedics in Durban discovered the body of a murdered infant at Brighton Beach, sparking outrage in South Africa as police launch an urgent investigation.

Constitutional Court rules that antenuptial contracts invalid after paying lobola

South Africa

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months ago

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

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