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

4976 articles published since 14 Jun 2023

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Nathi Mthethwa: A look inside the Hyatt Hotel where he was found dead

Politics

10 months ago

Traditional healers praise Nathi Mthethwa's family for fetching his spirit from Paris

Europe

10 months ago

Northern Cape Home Affairs official convicted of fraud for faking deaths for funeral insurance

South Africa

10 months ago

8-year-old Eastern Cape boy fatally shoots 7-year-old cousin

South Africa

10 months ago

Politicised SAPS threatens crime-fighting and democracy, says expert

Politics

10 months ago

Constitutional Court rules that both parents entitled to leave days shared among each other

South Africa

10 months ago

More details emerge about how Nathi Mthethwa booked a room at the Hyatt Hotel

Politics

10 months ago

The former Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa booked the hotel room he went missing from at the Hyatt Hotel on 17 September and postponed it before he died.

Western Cape teenager killed at friend's house during sleepover

South Africa

10 months ago

A 13-year-old teenager was killed at her friend's house during a sleepover in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. Her friend's mother reportedly fatally assaulted her.

South Africans debate as Elon Musk calls Julius Malema a genocidal maniac

Politics

10 months ago

Tesla CEO and tech billionaire Elon Musk said that Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema must be sent to jail after he was convicted.

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma conveys condolences to Nathi Mthethwa

Politics

10 months ago

The former deputy president, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, conveyed her condolences to former Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa and shared fond memories she had of him.

Julius Malema expected to beef up legal team to prepare to appeal gun trial conviction

Politics

10 months ago

The president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, said that he would employ top lawyer Thembeka Ngcukaitobi to appeal his sentence.

Terry Motau opens up about why he resigned from Madlanga Commission

Politics

10 months ago

Advocate Terry Motau explained why he resigned as the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry's chief evidence leader on 11 September. South Africans discussed.

Mthethwa family sends heartfelt thanks to South Africa after death of former Ambassador

Politics

10 months ago

The family of former Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa, who was found dead in Paris, France on 30 September 2025, expressed their thanks to South Africans.

Gauteng Education Department admits it has no money for schoolchildren's food

South Africa

10 months ago

The Gauteng Department of Education admitted that it does not have the money to pay school suppliers who feed children in schools. South Africans are worried.

SAPS raids 26 properties in Cape Town related to R1.6 billion corruption case

South Africa

10 months ago

The South African Police Service conducted a search-and-seizure operation and raided 26 properties in Cape Town, including businesses, homes, and sites.

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