
Egypt tries for African support on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Not even the waters of Africa’s greatest river can cool the heat generated by the row over the dam that Ethiopia has built across the
Not even the waters of Africa’s greatest river can cool the heat generated by the row over the dam that Ethiopia has built across the
China’s new ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong says his host country and continent will benefit from the Chinese COVID vaccine when it is distributed.
With Malawi confirming its first COVID19 cases, there are five African countries that remain coronavirus free. They are all small, relatively remote and have tests
Facebook’s pulled down hundreds of pages, groups and accounts of an Israeli firm targeting Africa. The social media giant says the company posed as local
A Moroccan law criminalising sexual violence and harassment comes into force today. Women’s groups are saying it does not go far enough to address the
The UN immigration agency’s reporting a significant drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from Africa. There were 25 338 migrants
Turkish President Recep Tayyiip Erdogan’s embarked on a tour of north and west Africa countries. Security and business will top the agenda in talks with
Indian premier Narendra Modi lands in Mozambique tomorrow at the start of a four-nation safari. It’s his first visit as Indian leader to the African
A visiting Swiss minister says his country doesn’t deserve its reputation for being a bolt hole for ill-gotten gains. Yves Rossier says Switzerland today leads
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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