An NGO watching Mozambique’s election last week reports widespread ballot box stuffing in favor of Pretoria Felipe Nyusi. In some areas the official turnout
Polls have opened in Mozambique’s election that will determine the future of one of the poorest country’s on the planet about to become a major
There’s political silence in Mozambique ahead of tomorrow’s elections. The 43-day campaign has seen seven murders and 37 road accident fatalities. Fighting for a second
Mozambican celebrate Armed Forces Day, marking the firing of the first shot in the war against Portuguese colonialism 55 years ago. Residents in village bear
The leader of the military wing of Mozambique’s opposition Renamo threatens to kill anyone trying to vote in the election scheduled for October 15. Mariano
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the signing of a peace accord in Mozambique paves the way for free elections in South Africa’s eastern neighbour in November.
An interim report on voter registration ahead of elections in Mozambique next October alleges manipulation to favor the ruling FRELIMO party. The Electoral Institute for
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi says the death of rebel leader Afonso Dlakama must not be allowed to derail in peace process in South Africa’s eastern
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
The regional electoral spotlight turns on Namibia after polls in Mozambique and Botswana saw victories for entrenched ruling parties. As Jean-Jacques Cornish reports, there has
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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