Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

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Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
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  • 10 other official names:
  • Departement van Kommunikasie  (Afrikaans)
  • UmNyango wezokuThintana  (Southern Ndebele)
  • ISebe lezoNxibelelwano  (Xhosa)
  • uMnyango wezokuXhumana  (Zulu)
  • LiTiko leTekuchumana  (Swazi)
  • Kgoro ya Dikgokagano  (Northern Sotho)
  • Lefapha la Dikgokahano  (Sotho)
  • Lefapha la Ditlhaeletsano  (Tswana)
  • Ndzawulo ya swa Vuhlanganisi  (Tsonga)
  • Muhasho wa Vhudavhidzani  (Venda)
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of South Africa
Headquarters Hatfield, Pretoria
Minister responsible
Child agency
Website www.doc.gov.za

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 and broadcasting 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. [1]

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In 2014 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. [2] [3] In June 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the two departments would be merged to create the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. [4]

Ministers through the years

Term startedTerm endedMinister surnameMinister name(s)Date of birthDate of deathUnder Prime Minister / PresidentPolitical Party
19101912 Graaff David Pieter de Villiers30 March 185913 April 1931 Botha, L. South African Party
19121912LeucharsGeorge16 April 185810 February 1924Botha, L.South African Party
19121915WattThomas18571947Botha, L.South African Party
19151919 Beck Johannes Hendricus Meiring28 November 185515 May 1919Botha, L.South African Party
19191920OrrThomas1874 Smuts, J. C. South African Party
19201921 Graaff Jacobus Arnoldus Combrinck4 March 18635 April 1927Smuts, J. C.South African Party
19211924WattThomas18571947Smuts, J. C.South African Party
19241925BoydellThomas18825 July 1966 Hertzog, J. B. M. National Party
19251928 Madeley Walter Bayley28 July 187315 May 1947Hertzog, J. B. M.National Party
19281929SampsonHenry William12 May 18726 August 1938Hertzog, J. B. M.National Party
19291945ClarksonCharles Francis18811959Hertzog, J. B. M. and Smuts, J. C.National Party and United Party
19451950 Erasmus Frans Christiaan1896Smuts, J. C.United Party and National Party
19501954 Naudé Jozua Francois15 April 188931 May 1969 Malan, D. F. National Party
19541958SerfonteinJan Strijdom, J. G. National Party
19581968 Hertzog Johannes Albertus Munnik4 July 18995 November 1982 Verwoerd, H. F. and Vorster, B. J. National Party
19681970Janse van RensburgMatthys Cornelis Grove12 February 19191970Vorster, B. J.National Party
19701976 Viljoen Marais2 December 19154 January 2007Vorster, B. J.National Party
19761978van der SpuyJohannes Petrus24 November 191213 September 2003Vorster, B. J.National Party
19781978SmitHennie Botha, P. W. National Party
19781979de KlerkFrederik Willem18 March 1936Botha, P. W.National Party
19821984MunnikLourens Albertus Petrus Anderson192512 July 2016Botha, P. W.National Party
19841991BartlettGeorge14 March 193125 March 2010 de Klerk, F. W. National Party
19911994WelgemoedPeter Johannes1943de Klerk, F. W.National Party
19941996 Jordan Zweledinga Pallo22 May 1942 Mandela, N. R. ANC
19961999 Naidoo Jayaseelen20 December 1954Mandela, N. R.ANC
19992009 Casaburri Ivy Florence Matsepe18 September 19376 April 2009 Mbeki, T. M. and Motlanthe, K. P. ANC
20092010 Nyanda Siphwe22 May 1950 Zuma, J. G. ANC
20102011 Padayachie Radhakrishna Lutchmana1 May 19505 May 2002Zuma, J. G.ANC
20112013PuleDinah DeliweZuma, J. G.ANC
20132014 Carrim YunusZuma, J. G.ANC
20142017 Muthambi Azwihangwisi FaithZuma, J. G.ANC
20172017 Dlodlo Ayanda22 May 1963Zuma, J. G.ANC
20172018Kubayi-NgubaneMmamoloko TryphosaZuma, J. G.ANC
20182018 Cwele Siyabonga Cyprian (Communications)3 September 1958 Ramaphosa, M. C. ANC
20182018 Mokonyane Nomvula (Telecommunications and Postal Services)20 June 1963Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC
20182021 Ndabeni-Abrahams Stella Tembisa30 June 1978Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC
2021 Ntshavheni Khumbudzo30 January 1977Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC

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References

  1. ↑ "President Cyril Ramaphosa: Changes to the national executive". Government of South Africa. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Zuma, Jacob (25 May 2014). "President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria". The Presidency of South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ↑ de Wet, Phillip. "Propaganda ministry is a go - without Mac". Mail & Guardian . Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments" (Press release). The Presidency. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020. The Minister of Communications is responsible for the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT). This is a new department arising from a merger between the Department of Communications (DOC) and the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS).
  5. ↑ ".za Domain Name Authority". ZADNA. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  6. ↑ Republic of South Africa: Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine .


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