Jean-Jacques Cornish

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President Cyril Ramaphosa names a compromise Cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa has named a compromise Cabinet reflecting the reality that he is the weakest leader of  the ANC since it came to power 24 years ago.

He’s brought back ministers sacked by his predecessor Jacob Zuma that will be popular with investors and the market.

The opposition has criticized his failure to downsize the executive because, he says,  this is still under review.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Cabinet announcement was 90-minutes late because he had to consult with ministers who were appointed and some who were leaving.

The biggest compromise is his naming Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza as his Deputy President.

Mabuza, who is also deputy president of the ANC is credited with producing  the delegates that gave Ramaphosa his narrow victory as party leader last December.

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan returns as Minister of Public Enterprises.

Nhlanhla Nene, sacked by Jacob Zuma, makes a comeback as Finance Minister.

ANC national chairman Gwede Mantashe, who has a background of leading a miner’s union, is appointed Minister of Mines.

Communist Party leader Blade Nzimande also makes a return to Cabinet as Transport Minister.

Lindiwe Sisulu, widely tipped to be Ramaphosa’s second-in-command, comes in a Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

Malusi Gigaba, much criticized for his connection to the Gupta family that’s been accused of state capture with the Zuma administration, has been moved from Finance to  Home Affairs.

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Jean-Jacques Cornish is a journalist and broadcaster who has been involved in the media all his adult life.

Starting as a reporter on his hometown newspaper, he moved briefly to then Rhodesia before returning to South Africa to become a parliamentary correspondent with the South African Press Association. He was sent to London as Sapa’s London editor and also served as special correspondent to the United Nations. He joined the then Argus group in London as political correspondent.

Returning to South Africa after 12 years abroad, he was assistant editor on the Pretoria News for a decade before becoming editor of the Star and SA Times for five years.

Since 1999 he’s been an independent journalist writing and broadcasting – mainly about Africa – for Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape
Talk, Radio France International, PressTV, Radio Live New Zealand, Business Day, Mail & Guardian, the BBC, Agence France Press,
Business in Africa, Leadership, India Today, the South African Institute for International Affairs and the Institute for Security Studies.

He has hosted current affairs talk shows on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk. He appears as an African affairs pundit on SABC Africa and CNBC Africa.
He lectured in contemporary studies to journalism students at the Tshwane University of Technology and the University of Pretoria.

He speaks on African affairs to corporate and other audiences.
He has been officially invited as a journalist to more than 30 countries. He was the winner of the 2007 SADC award for radio journalism.

He’s been a member of the EISA team observing elections in Somaliland, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Tunsiai.

In October 2009 he headed a group of 39 African journalists to the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Peoples’ Republic of China.

In January 2010 he joined a rescue and paramedical team to earthquake struck Haiti.

He is immediate past president of the Alliance Francaise of Pretoria.

Jean-Jacques is a director of Giant Media. The company was given access to Nelson Mandela in his retirement years until 2009.
He is co-producer of the hour-long documentary Mandela at 90 that was broadcast on BBC in January 2009.

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