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The '''Department of Communications and Digital Technologies''' (formerly the '''Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services''' and the '''Department of Communications''') is one of the [[ministry (government department)|departments]] of the [[Government of South Africa|South African government]]. It is responsible for overseeing the [[South Africa]]n [[communication]]s, [[telecommunication]]s and [[broadcasting]] industries. The political head of the department is the [[Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies]], who is assisted by a deputy minister. {{Asof|August 2021}} the minister is [[Khumbudzo Ntshavheni]] and her deputy is [[Philly Mapulane]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2021|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa: Changes to the national executive|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-changes-national-executive-5-aug-2021-0000|url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2021|website=Government of South Africa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805194929/https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-changes-national-executive-5-aug-2021-0000 |archive-date=2021-08-05 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="ZumaSpeech">{{cite web |url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453 |title=President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria |author=Zuma, Jacob |author-link=Jacob Zuma |date=25 May 2014 |publisher=The Presidency of South Africa |access-date=26 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215846/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453 |archive-date=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=de Wet|first=Phillip|title=Propaganda ministry is a go - without Mac|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2014-05-26-propaganda-ministry-is-a-go-without-mac|work=[[Mail & Guardian]] |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=26 May 2014}}</ref> In June 2019 President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] announced that the two departments would be merged to create the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.<ref>{{cite press release |date=14 June 2019 |title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments |publisher=The Presidency |url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-reconfigured-departments-14-jun-2019-0000 |access-date=7 August 2020 |quote=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).}}</ref>

==Ministers through the years==

{| class="wikitable"
!Term started
!Term ended
!Minister surname
!Minister name(s)
!Date of birth
!Date of death
!Under Prime Minister / President
!Political Party
|-
|1910
|1912
|[[Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet|Graaff]]
|David Pieter de Villiers
|30 March 1859
|13 April 1931
|[[Louis Botha|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
|[[Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck|Beck]]
|Johannes Hendricus Meiring
|28 November 1855
|15 May 1919
|Botha, L.
|South African Party
|-
|1919
|1920
|Orr
|Thomas
|1874
|
|[[Jan Smuts|Smuts, J. C.]]
|South African Party
|-
|1920
|1921
|[[Jacobus Arnoldus Graaff|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
|[[J. B. M. Hertzog|Hertzog, J. B. M.]]
|[[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]]
|-
|1925
|1928
|[[Walter Madeley|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 (South Africa)|United Party]]
|-
|1945
|1950
|[[Frans Erasmus|Erasmus]]
|Frans Christiaan
|1896
|
|Smuts, J. C. 
|United Party and National Party
|-
|1950
|1954
|[[Tom Naudé|Naudé]]
|Jozua Francois
|15 April 1889
|31 May 1969
| [[D. F. Malan|Malan, D. F.]]
|National Party
|-
|1954
|1958
|Serfontein 
|Jan
|
|
|[[J. G. Strijdom|Strijdom, J. G.]]
|National Party
|-
|1958
|1968
|[[Albert Hertzog|Hertzog]]
|Johannes Albertus Munnik
|4 July 1899
|5 November 1982
|[[Hendrik Verwoerd|Verwoerd, H. F.]] and [[John Vorster|Vorster, B. J.]]
|National Party
|-
|1968
|1970
|Janse van Rensburg
|Matthys Cornelis Grove
|12 February 1919
|1970
|Vorster, B. J.
|National Party
|-
|1970
|1976
|[[Marais Viljoen|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
|
|
|[[P. W. Botha|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
|[[F. W. de Klerk|de Klerk, F. W.]]
|National Party
|-
|1991
|1994
|Welgemoed
|Peter Johannes
|1943
|
|de Klerk, F. W.
|National Party
|-
|1994
|1996
|[[Pallo Jordan|Jordan]]
|Zweledinga Pallo
|22 May 1942
|
|[[Nelson Mandela|Mandela, N. R.]]
|[[African National Congress|ANC]]
|-
|1996
|1999
|[[Jay Naidoo|Naidoo]]
|Jayaseelen
|20 December 1954
|
|Mandela, N. R.
|ANC
|-
|1999
|2009
|[[Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri|Casaburri]]
|Ivy Florence Matsepe
|18 September 1937
|6 April 2009
|[[Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki, T. M.]] and [[Kgalema Motlanthe|Motlanthe, K. P.]]
|ANC
|-
|2009
|2010
|[[Siphiwe Nyanda|Nyanda]]
|Siphwe
|22 May 1950
|
|[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma, J. G.]]
|ANC
|-
|2010
|2011
|[[Roy Padayachie|Padayachie]]
|Radhakrishna Lutchmana 
|1 May 1950
|5 May 2002
|Zuma, J. G.
|ANC
|-
|2011
|2013
|Pule 
|Dinah Deliwe
|
|
|Zuma, J. G.
|ANC
|-
|2013
|2014
|[[Yunus Carrim|Carrim]]
|Yunus
|
|
|Zuma, J. G.
|ANC
|-
|2014
|2017
|[[Faith Muthambi|Muthambi]]
|Azwihangwisi Faith 
|
|
|Zuma, J. G.
|ANC
|-
|2017
|2017
|[[Ayanda Dlodlo|Dlodlo]]
|Ayanda 
|22 May 1963
|
|Zuma, J. G.
|ANC
|-
|2017
|2018
|Kubayi-Ngubane
|Mmamoloko Tryphosa
|
|
|Zuma, J. G.
|ANC
|-
|2018
|2018
|[[Siyabonga Cwele|Cwele]]
|Siyabonga Cyprian (Communications)
|3 September 1958
|
|[[Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa, M. C.]]
|ANC
|-
|2018
|2018
|[[Nomvula Mokonyane|Mokonyane]]
|Nomvula (Telecommunications and Postal Services)
|20 June 1963
|
|Ramaphosa, M. C.
|ANC
|-
|2018
|2021
|[[Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams|Ndabeni-Abrahams]]
|Stella Tembisa
|30 June 1978
|
|Ramaphosa, M. C.
|ANC
|-
|2021
|2023
|[[Khumbudzo Ntshavheni|Ntshavheni]]
|Khumbudzo 
|30 January 1977
|
|Ramaphosa, M. C.
|ANC
|-
|2023
|
|[[Mondli Gungubele|Gungubele]]
|Mondli
|1 February 1957
|
|Ramaphosa, M. C.
|ANC
|}

==Portfolio organisations==
Portfolio organisations are those public enterprises (i.e. [[parastatal]]s) that report to the South African Government via the Ministry of Communications. These are:

* {{ill|Broadband Infraco|de}}
* [[Independent Communications Authority of South Africa]]
* [[South African Post Office]]
* [[Sentech]]
* [[ZADNA|.za Domain Name Authority]] (.[[ZADNA]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zadna.org.za/|title=.za Domain Name Authority|website=ZADNA |access-date=2017-10-14}}</ref>)
* National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa
* Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa
* e-Skills Institute<ref>Republic of South Africa: [http://www.dtps.gov.za/news/programme-7-e-skills-institute.html ''Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services ''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107020332/http://www.dtps.gov.za/news/programme-7-e-skills-institute.html |date=2016-11-07 }}.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.doc.gov.za/ Department of Communications]
* [https://www.zadna.org.za/ ZADNA]

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