Botswana’s selling licenses to hunts at least 70 elephants a year after the government lifted the moratorium protecting the animals. Would-be hunters have paid deposits
Nature generally smiles on South Africa’s efforts to boost tourism and compensate for its polarized politicians, creeping economy and mining sector hamstrung by militant unions.
Dozens of members of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party – including some MPs – face disciplinary action for attending as meeting last month addressed by
The growing public feud between former Botswana President Ian Khama and his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi is undermining that diamond-rich country’s reputation as a bastion
Botswana reconsidering its ban on elephant hunting. This comes days after reports, denied by Gaborone authorities, that 90 elephants have been poached for their tusks
President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes his first foreign visit as head of state, calling on Angola, Namibia and Botswana. Ramaphosa’s the current chair of the regional
Food security is expected to dominate the summit opening in Swaziland today of the 14-nation Southern Africa Development Community. At least 27 million people –
Botswana’s Appeal Court’s frustrated President Ian Khama’s bid to appoint his brother as vice-president. The Gaborone government says it accepts the court’s decision and will
Sworn in for his second term, Botswana’s President Ian Khama’s promised to intensify efforts to diversify the economy and eradicate poverty. His Botswana Democratic Party’s
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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