Joe Brock
Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
Twitter handle: @jeffmason1
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe set to frustrate eager investors
HARARE A European investor's phone rings in a Harare restaurant and it's good news: an $80 million (61 million pounds) construction deal has been agreed with the Zimbabwean government. All that's needed now is a central bank guarantee letter. It never arrives.
McKinsey overhauls South Africa office after graft scandal
JOHANNESBURG McKinsey has made sweeping changes to its South Africa business to try to rebuild its reputation following an ill-fated deal with friends of scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma.
McKinsey's new boss apologises to S.Africans over corruption scandal
JOHANNESBURG, July 9 McKinsey's new global head will on Monday apologise to South Africans for work the firm did with friends of scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma, an ill-fated deal that tarnished the reputation of the world's biggest consultancy.
South Africa's cities hold key to Ramaphosa's land plan
JOHANNESBURG South African father of nine Frank Mapara has been waiting nearly three decades to own a plot of land in the Johannesburg slum he calls home. | Video
South Africa land reform unlikely to mean constitutional change - analysts
JOHANNESBURG South Africa looks likely to implement land redistribution under existing laws rather than by changing the constitution following a ruling party summit, in an approach more palatable to investors, analysts said on Tuesday.
Beneath a baobab, Prince Harry and Meghan's love blossomed in Botswana
MAPULA LODGE, Botswana In an exclusive Botswana safari camp where Prince Harry took Meghan Markle on a romantic getaway last year, guests wake to the sound of doves cooing in the trees and hippos splashing in the serene waters of the Okavango Delta. | Video
Beneath a baobab, Prince Harry and Meghan's love blossomed in Botswana
MAPULA LODGE, Botswana In an exclusive Botswana safari camp where Prince Harry took Meghan Markle on a romantic getaway last year, guests wake to the sound of doves cooing in the trees and hippos splashing in the serene waters of the Okavango Delta. | Video
South Africa's Ramaphosa flies in to try and quell northern protests
MAHIKENG, South Africa South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa appealed for calm on Friday after flying into the northern city of Mahikeng to try to quell an outbreak of violent demonstrations.
South Africa must tame Zambia's 'brutal regime', opposition leader says
JOHANNESBURG Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema accused President Edgar Lungu's government on Thursday of political killings, rights abuses and rampant coruption, calling on South Africa to intervene to restore calm.
St Helena's cherished lifeline ship to return as anti-piracy armory
JOHANNESBURG The RMS St. Helena, Britain's last working postal ship, was for nearly three decades the main source of contact between one of humanity's remotest islands and the outside world.
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