Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
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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.
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 |
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]