South Africa Minister of Communications | |
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Department of Communications and Digital Technologies | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Inaugural holder | Graaff, D.P.DeV [2] |
Deputy | Mondli Gungubele |
Website | Department of Communications and Digital Technologies |
The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies (formerly Minister of Communications, Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications) is a minister in the Government of South Africa, responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.
In May 2014 President Jacob Zuma split the ministry by establishing the position of Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services alongside the Minister of Communications. However, in a cabinet reshuffle in November 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the reversal of the split, absorbing the telecommunications and postal services functions back into the Ministry of Communications. [3] The respective departments did not merge until after the 2019 general election. [4] After the election Ramaphosa renamed the office as the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies. [5]
Portfolio | Minister | Party | Term | President | |
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Posts and Telecommunications | Pallo Jordan | ANC | May 1994 | March 1996 | Mandela |
Jay Naidoo | ANC | March 1996 | June 1999 | ||
Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting | Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | ANC | June 1999 | April 2004 | Mbeki |
Communications | Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | ANC | April 2004 | May 2009 | Mbeki and Motlanthe |
Siphiwe Nyanda | ANC | May 2009 [6] | October 2010 | Zuma | |
Roy Padayachie | ANC | November 2010 | October 2011 | ||
Dina Pule | ANC | October 2011 [7] | July 2013 | ||
Yunus Carrim | ANC | July 2013 | May 2014 | ||
Faith Muthambi | ANC | May 2014 | March 2017 | ||
Ayanda Dlodlo | ANC | March 2017 | October 2017 | ||
Mmamoloko Kubayi | ANC | October 2017 | February 2018 | ||
Nomvula Mokonyane | ANC | February 2018 | November 2018 | Ramaphosa | |
Telecommunications and Postal Services | Siyabonga Cwele | ANC | May 2014 | November 2018 | Zuma and Ramaphosa |
Communications and Digital Technologies | Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams | ANC | November 2018 | August 2021 | Ramaphosa |
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni | ANC | August 2021 | March 2023 | Ramaphosa | |
Mondli Gungubele | ANC | March 2023 [8] | June 2024 | Ramaphosa | |
Solly Malatsi | DA | June 2024 [9] | Incumbent | Ramaphosa |
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