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

4574 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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South Africans react as SAPS kills 5 suspects in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

11 months ago

Floyd Shivambu to speak after demotion, press conference sparks resignation speculations

Politics

a year ago

Vehicle ploughs into train at crossing in Phillipi, Western Cape

South Africa

a year ago

Eastern Cape floods: Thembi Simelane says government could give victims R12,000 grant to rebuild

South Africa

a year ago

More snow predicted for parts of South Africa including Eastern Cape and Free State; SA not ready

South Africa

a year ago

SA blasts Kgosientsho Ramokgopa for saying African countries must collaborate to solve energy crisis

Politics

a year ago

Western Cape High Court Sentences Fast Guns gang members for murder of little girl

South Africa

a year ago

The Western Cape High Court sentenced two gang members to life imprisonment on 17 June 2025 for the murder of a five-year-old in the Cape Flats, Cape Town.

SAPS investigating after more than 20 buses set alight in Pretoria

South Africa

a year ago

The South African Police Service is investigating after more than 20 buses were set alight at a bus depot in Mabopane, Tshwane, in the afternoon of 17 June 2025.

Cape Town e-hailing driver and 2 passengers brutally murdered in shooting

South Africa

a year ago

An e-hailing driver and his two passengers were shot and killed in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town, Western Cape on 17 June 2025 in an alleged gang-related incident.

Democratic Alliance denies Gayton McKenzie's allegations of a lack of coloured representation

Politics

a year ago

The Democratic Alliance's spokesperson, Karabo Khakhau, denied that the party lacks sufficient coloured representation in its provincial structures.

Gift of the Givers' Eastern Cape staff victims of extortion, SA heartbroken

South Africa

a year ago

The Gift of the Givers employees were victims of extortion after extortionists in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, allegedly prevented them from delivering water.

Thabo Bester: State drops charges against former G4S employee

South Africa

a year ago

One of the suspects who was accused of assisting Thabo Bester escape from prison was set free after he appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on 17 June.

MK Party president Jacob Zuma criticised for comments about the party's former members

Politics

a year ago

MK Party president Jacob Zuma was slammed by social media users for criticising party members and accusing them of being ill-disciplined on Youth Day.

South Africans roast SANDF members after general Rudzani Maphwanya praises them for DRC deployment

Politics

a year ago

The South African National Defence Force Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya praised the troops who returned from their deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2 KZN SAPS officers wounded during fatal shootout with CIT heist suspects

South Africa

a year ago

Two members of the South African Police Service sustained injuries during a gunfight with two suspected cash-in-transit heist robbers in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

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