Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

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South Africa
Minister of Communications
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  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Kommunikasie (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezokuThintana (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa lezoNxibelelwano (Xhosa)
  • Indvuna wezokuXhumana (Zulu)
  • Indvuna leTekuchumana (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Dikgokagano (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la Dikgokahano (Sotho)
  • Tona la Ditlhaeletsano (Tswana)
  • Holobyeya swa Vuhlanganisi (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa wa Vhudavhidzani (Venda)
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Incumbent
Solly Malatsi
since 3 July 2024 [1]
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.

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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]

List of ministers

List of ministers responsible for communications, 1994–present
PortfolioMinisterPartyTermPresident
Posts and Telecommunications Pallo Jordan ANCMay 1994March 1996 Mandela
Jay Naidoo ANCMarch 1996June 1999
Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri ANCJune 1999April 2004 Mbeki
Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri ANCApril 2004May 2009 Mbeki and Motlanthe
Siphiwe Nyanda ANCMay 2009 [6] October 2010 Zuma
Roy Padayachie ANCNovember 2010October 2011
Dina Pule ANCOctober 2011 [7] July 2013
Yunus Carrim ANCJuly 2013May 2014
Faith Muthambi ANCMay 2014March 2017
Ayanda Dlodlo ANCMarch 2017October 2017
Mmamoloko Kubayi ANCOctober 2017February 2018
Nomvula Mokonyane ANCFebruary 2018November 2018 Ramaphosa
Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele ANCMay 2014November 2018 Zuma and Ramaphosa
Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams ANCNovember 2018August 2021 Ramaphosa
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni ANCAugust 2021March 2023 Ramaphosa
Mondli Gungubele ANCMarch 2023 [8] June 2024 Ramaphosa
Solly Malatsi DAJune 2024 [9] Incumbent Ramaphosa

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