
No clarity about why Uganda expelled the top local executives of MTN
Uganda’s expulsion of the top local management structure of MTN has put President Yoweri Museveni at odds with at least five countries. The South African
Uganda’s expulsion of the top local management structure of MTN has put President Yoweri Museveni at odds with at least five countries. The South African
MTN Uganda says its trying to establish precise reasons for the deportation of its chief executive. Kampala authorities say Wim Vanhelleputte was put on a
by Jean-Jacques Cornish Of the many brickbats justifiably being hurled at the Congo’s new President Felix Tshisekdi, daddy’s boy is not one of them. Nepotism
Today’s scheduled inauguration of Felix Tshisekedi as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be postponed until Thursday. Authorities in Kinshasa have prevented a
South Africa and Kenya have joined the regional grouping SADC in congratulating Felix Tshisekedi as President elect in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The African
The European Union says doubts remain about the final results of the Presidential election in the Democratic Republic declaring Etienne Tshisekedi the winner. The European
The Constitutional Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has upheld the disputed Presidential election win by Felix Tshisekedi. Presidential spokesperson Lambert Mende notes the
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the regional groupie SADC appear to have jumped the gun congratulating Felix Tshisekedi as president-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
There’s a general call for calm after provisional results determine that Felix Tshisekedi will be the new Congolese President. But as the United Nations Security
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for peace ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Demonstrations have torn the
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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