Mozambican police say they seized weapons and military uniforms in a raid on the headquarters of opposition party Renamo, and two houses in Maputo belonging
The Malaysia Government’s calling for a search of the South Africa and Mozambican coastlines for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight This follows confirmation by Australian
Mozambique’s new president Felipe Nyusi’s pledged to open constructive dialogue with all political forces and civil society organisations to promote peace in his country
Heavy flooding in Mozambique has left at least 10 people dead. Police are searching for 18 missing children. The deluge has displaced nearly 20 000.
There’s concern from foreign observers about the delay in tallying votes. The United States and Britain have officially voiced misgivings about alleged irregularities in the
Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama says last week’s election in Mozambique is flawed but he won’t resort to violence even though he’s become a five-time loser.
Mozambique’s election this week’s got the regional seal of approval. But the opposition Renamo movement’s cried foul – as it has in the four previous
Isolated cases of ballot stuffing were reported in Mozambique’s closely contested election yesterday. But the exercise has got the thumbs up from the regional observer
More than ten million Mozambicans are registered to vote in today’s poll which is the closest in forty years of independence. Frelimo, that’s ruled
Polls have opened for the 10 million voters in Mozambique casting their ballot in the most upbeat election since ending the civil war 24 years
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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