Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
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[update] the minister is Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and her deputy is Philly Mapulane .[1]
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 started
Term ended
Minister surname
Minister name(s)
Date of birth
Date of death
Under Prime Minister / President
Political Party
1910
1912
Graaff
David Pieter de Villiers
30 March 1859
13 April 1931
Botha, L.
South African Party
1912
1912
Leuchars
George
16 April 1858
10 February 1924
Botha, L.
South African Party
1912
1915
Watt
Thomas
1857
1947
Botha, L.
South African Party
1915
1919
Beck
Johannes Hendricus Meiring
28 November 1855
15 May 1919
Botha, L.
South African Party
1919
1920
Orr
Thomas
1874
Smuts, J. C.
South African Party
1920
1921
Graaff
Jacobus Arnoldus Combrinck
4 March 1863
5 April 1927
Smuts, J. C.
South African Party
1921
1924
Watt
Thomas
1857
1947
Smuts, J. C.
South African Party
1924
1925
Boydell
Thomas
1882
5 July 1966
Hertzog, J. B. M.
National Party
1925
1928
Madeley
Walter Bayley
28 July 1873
15 May 1947
Hertzog, J. B. M.
National Party
1928
1929
Sampson
Henry William
12 May 1872
6 August 1938
Hertzog, J. B. M.
National Party
1929
1945
Clarkson
Charles Francis
1881
1959
Hertzog, J. B. M. and Smuts, J. C.
National Party and United Party
1945
1950
Erasmus
Frans Christiaan
1896
Smuts, J. C.
United Party and National Party
1950
1954
Naudé
Jozua Francois
15 April 1889
31 May 1969
Malan, D. F.
National Party
1954
1958
Serfontein
Jan
Strijdom, J. G.
National Party
1958
1968
Hertzog
Johannes Albertus Munnik
4 July 1899
5 November 1982
Verwoerd, H. F. and Vorster, B. J.
National Party
1968
1970
Janse van Rensburg
Matthys Cornelis Grove
12 February 1919
1970
Vorster, B. J.
National Party
1970
1976
Viljoen
Marais
2 December 1915
4 January 2007
Vorster, B. J.
National Party
1976
1978
van der Spuy
Johannes Petrus
24 November 1912
13 September 2003
Vorster, B. J.
National Party
1978
1978
Smit
Hennie
Botha, P. W.
National Party
1978
1979
de Klerk
Frederik Willem
18 March 1936
Botha, P. W.
National Party
1982
1984
Munnik
Lourens Albertus Petrus Anderson
1925
12 July 2016
Botha, P. W.
National Party
1984
1991
Bartlett
George
14 March 1931
25 March 2010
de Klerk, F. W.
National Party
1991
1994
Welgemoed
Peter Johannes
1943
de Klerk, F. W.
National Party
1994
1996
Jordan
Zweledinga Pallo
22 May 1942
Mandela, N. R.
ANC
1996
1999
Naidoo
Jayaseelen
20 December 1954
Mandela, N. R.
ANC
1999
2009
Casaburri
Ivy Florence Matsepe
18 September 1937
6 April 2009
Mbeki, T. M. and Motlanthe, K. P.
ANC
2009
2010
Nyanda
Siphwe
22 May 1950
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2010
2011
Padayachie
Radhakrishna Lutchmana
1 May 1950
5 May 2002
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2011
2013
Pule
Dinah Deliwe
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2013
2014
Carrim
Yunus
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2014
2017
Muthambi
Azwihangwisi Faith
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2017
2017
Dlodlo
Ayanda
22 May 1963
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2017
2018
Kubayi-Ngubane
Mmamoloko Tryphosa
Zuma, J. G.
ANC
2018
2018
Cwele
Siyabonga Cyprian (Communications)
3 September 1958
Ramaphosa, M. C.
ANC
2018
2018
Mokonyane
Nomvula (Telecommunications and Postal Services)
20 June 1963
Ramaphosa, M. C.
ANC
2018
2021
Ndabeni-Abrahams
Stella Tembisa
30 June 1978
Ramaphosa, M. C.
ANC
2021
2023
Ntshavheni
Khumbudzo
30 January 1977
Ramaphosa, M. C.
ANC
2023
Gungubele
Mondli
1 February 1957
Ramaphosa, M. C.
ANC
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:
References
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