Department of Communications and Digital Technologies explained

Agency Name:Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
Jurisdiction:Government of South Africa
Headquarters:Hatfield, Pretoria
Minister1 Name:Mondli Gungubele
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
Child1 Agency:SAPO, Sentech, ZANDA, NEMISA, USAASA, e-SI
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. 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 startedTerm endedMinister surnameMinister name(s)Date of birthDate of deathUnder Prime Minister / PresidentPolitical Party
19101912GraaffDavid Pieter de Villiers30 March 185913 April 1931Botha, L.South African Party
19121912LeucharsGeorge16 April 185810 February 1924Botha, L.South African Party
19121915WattThomas18571947Botha, L.South African Party
19151919BeckJohannes Hendricus Meiring28 November 185515 May 1919Botha, L.South African Party
19191920OrrThomas1874Smuts, J. C.South African Party
19201921GraaffJacobus Arnoldus Combrinck4 March 18635 April 1927Smuts, J. C.South African Party
19211924WattThomas18571947Smuts, J. C.South African Party
19241925BoydellThomas18825 July 1966Hertzog, J. B. M.National Party
19251928MadeleyWalter Bayley28 July 187315 May 1947Hertzog, J. B. M.National Party
19281929SampsonHenry William12 May 18726 August 1938Hertzog, J. B. M.National Party
19291945Clarkson Charles Francis18811959Hertzog, J. B. M. and Smuts, J. C.National Party and United Party
19451950ErasmusFrans Christiaan1896Smuts, J. C. United Party and National Party
19501954NaudéJozua Francois15 April 188931 May 1969Malan, D. F.National Party
19541958Serfontein JanStrijdom, J. G.National Party
19581968HertzogJohannes Albertus Munnik4 July 18995 November 1982Verwoerd, H. F. and Vorster, B. J.National Party
19681970Janse van RensburgMatthys Cornelis Grove12 February 19191970Vorster, B. J.National Party
19701976ViljoenMarais2 December 19154 January 2007Vorster, B. J.National Party
19761978van der SpuyJohannes Petrus24 November 191213 September 2003Vorster, B. J.National Party
19781978SmitHennieBotha, 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 2010de Klerk, F. W.National Party
19911994WelgemoedPeter Johannes1943de Klerk, F. W.National Party
19941996JordanZweledinga Pallo22 May 1942Mandela, N. R.ANC
19961999NaidooJayaseelen20 December 1954Mandela, N. R.ANC
19992009CasaburriIvy Florence Matsepe18 September 19376 April 2009Mbeki, T. M. and Motlanthe, K. P.ANC
20092010NyandaSiphwe22 May 1950Zuma, J. G.ANC
20102011PadayachieRadhakrishna Lutchmana 1 May 19505 May 2002Zuma, J. G.ANC
20112013Pule Dinah DeliweZuma, J. G.ANC
20132014CarrimYunusZuma, J. G.ANC
20142017MuthambiAzwihangwisi Faith Zuma, J. G.ANC
20172017DlodloAyanda 22 May 1963Zuma, J. G.ANC
20172018Kubayi-NgubaneMmamoloko TryphosaZuma, J. G.ANC
20182018CweleSiyabonga Cyprian (Communications)3 September 1958Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC
20182018MokonyaneNomvula (Telecommunications and Postal Services)20 June 1963Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC
20182021Ndabeni-AbrahamsStella Tembisa30 June 1978Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC
20212023NtshavheniKhumbudzo 30 January 1977Ramaphosa, M. C.ANC
2023GungubeleMondli1 February 1957Ramaphosa, 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:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 August 2021. President Cyril Ramaphosa: Changes to the national executive. live. 7 August 2021. Government of South Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805194929/https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-changes-national-executive-5-aug-2021-0000 . 2021-08-05 .
  2. Web site: President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria . Zuma, Jacob . Jacob Zuma . 25 May 2014 . The Presidency of South Africa . 26 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215846/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453 . 27 May 2014.
  3. Web site: de Wet. Phillip. Propaganda ministry is a go - without Mac. . 26 May 2014 . 26 May 2014.
  4. 14 June 2019 . President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments . The Presidency . 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. Web site: .za Domain Name Authority. ZADNA . 2017-10-14.
  6. Republic of South Africa: Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services .

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