The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (formerly the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Communications) is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for overseeing the South African communications, telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal industries. The political head of the department is the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, who is assisted by a deputy minister. As of August 2021 the minister is Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and her deputy is Philly Mapulane. In 2014, then-President Jacob Zuma renamed the original Department of Communications to the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, at the same time creating a new Department of Communications with different responsibilities, including propaganda. In June 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the two departments would be merged to create the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.
List of Ministers
Portfolio organisations Portfolio organisations are those public enterprises (i.e. parastatals) that report to the South African Government via the Ministry of Communications. These are:
Broadband Infraco Independent Communications Authority of South Africa South African Post Office Sentech .za Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA) National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa e-Skills Institute
References
External links Department of Communications Archived 30 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine ZADNA