Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies


The minister of communications and digital technologies is a minister in the Government of South Africa, responsible for overseeing the 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. The respective departments did not merge until after the 2019 general election. After the election Ramaphosa renamed the office as the minister of communications and digital technologies.

List of ministers

PortfolioMinisterPartyTermPresident
Posts and TelecommunicationsPallo JordanANCMay 1994March 1996Mandela
Posts and TelecommunicationsJay NaidooANCMarch 1996June 1999Mandela
Posts, Telecommunications and BroadcastingIvy Matsepe-CasaburriANCJune 1999April 2004Mbeki
CommunicationsIvy Matsepe-CasaburriANCApril 2004May 2009Mbeki and Motlanthe
CommunicationsSiphiwe NyandaANCMay 2009October 2010Zuma
CommunicationsRoy PadayachieANCNovember 2010October 2011Zuma
CommunicationsDina PuleANCOctober 2011July 2013Zuma
CommunicationsYunus CarrimANCJuly 2013May 2014Zuma
CommunicationsFaith MuthambiANCMay 2014March 2017Zuma
CommunicationsAyanda DlodloANCMarch 2017October 2017Zuma
CommunicationsMmamoloko KubayiANCOctober 2017February 2018Zuma
CommunicationsNomvula MokonyaneANCFebruary 2018November 2018Ramaphosa
Telecommunications and Postal ServicesSiyabonga CweleANCMay 2014November 2018Zuma and Ramaphosa
Communications and Digital TechnologiesStella Ndabeni-AbrahamsANCNovember 2018August 2021Ramaphosa
Communications and Digital TechnologiesKhumbudzo NtshavheniANCAugust 2021March 2023Ramaphosa
Communications and Digital TechnologiesMondli GungubeleANCMarch 2023June 2024Ramaphosa
Communications and Digital TechnologiesSolly MalatsiDAJuly 2024IncumbentRamaphosa