
Zimbabwe authorities abandon returnees on the roadside
Zimbabwe authorities have abandoned more than 100 returnees from Botswana who they say made unreasonable demands. Many of them had small babies which were subjected
Zimbabwe authorities have abandoned more than 100 returnees from Botswana who they say made unreasonable demands. Many of them had small babies which were subjected
Robert Mugabe has died, aged 95. Jean-Jacques Cornish, who covered the Lancaster House Conference that secured him the Zimbabwe Presidency, recalls the man who’s early
by Jean-Jacques Cornish There have been uniformly respectful official tributes from the neighbours of ousted Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe who has died in Singapore aged
Former anti-apartheid activist and British Foreign Office Minister Lord Peter Hain says history will judge Robert Mugabe harshly. He calls the ousted Zimbabwe president a
An international conservation conference in Geneva has placed a near total ban on the capture of baby elephants for sale abroad. The United States joined
Zimbabwe’s gratefully received R60 -million from South Africa for rescue and relief efforts after cyclone Idai. However Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri, who received the cheque
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Emmerson Mnangagwa have have called unequivocally for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe. Their meeting in Harare today follows Washington’s year-long
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Washington’s regrettable extension of sanctions against Zimbabwe is a travesty of justice. The move by President Donald Trump is a setback
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s made a second offer to give Donald Trump land at Victoria Falls to build a golf course. The US President’s envoy
Scientists fear that Africa’s giant baobabs are a victim of global warming. They’re stying the unexplained deaths of these iconic trees that appear to be
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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