Zambians go to the polls today to elect a president and parliament after a campaign rocked by violence. Voters will also cast their ballots in
After a campaign marred by unprecedented violence, Zambians are voting peacfully in closely-fought presidential and parliamentary elections. Observers are braced for trouble when the results
Elsewhere on the continent, Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports Zambian authorities have cancelled a concert Congolese singing star Kofi Olmide who was filmed kicking one of
Calm has returned to Zambia after xenophobic violence that saw two deaths and dozens of foreign-owned shops looted. Troops deployed to contain the unrest have
Two Zambians have been burned to death in xenophobic violence in the capital. President Edgar Lungu’s ordered the military to restore order in Lusaka where
Malaria’s been blamed for the Zambian president collapsing while making a speech on Saturday. President Edgar Lungu’s being treated for malaria and exhaustion. Zambians have
Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s doctor say he needs to undergo throat surgery abroad. The 58-year old Zambian leader collapsed while making a speech in Lusaka
Heading the regional observation team to Monday’s presidential election in Zambia, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane’s given the process the thumbs
A hot contender in today’s Zambian presidential race has cried foul a few hours after polls opened Hakainda Hichilema is the main contender with Edgar
Zambians go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president following the death in office last October of Michael Sata. There’s been considerable jostling
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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