Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
List 10 other official names: ; Departement van Kommunikasie (Afrikaans) ; UmNyango wezokuThintana (Southern Ndebele) ; ISebe lezoNxibelelwano (Xhosa) ; uMnyango wezokuXhumana (Zulu) ; LiTiko leTekuchumana (Swazi) ; Kgoro ya Dikgokagano (Northern Sotho) ; Lefapha la Dikgokahano (Sotho) ; Lefapha la Ditlhaeletsano (Tswana) ; Ndzawulo ya swa Vuhlanganisi (Tsonga) ; Muhasho wa Vhudavhidzani (Venda) ;
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	Hatfield, Pretoria
Minister responsible	Mondli Gungubele, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies;
Child 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. As of August 2021 the minister is Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and her deputy is Philly Mapulane.

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. In June 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the two departments would be merged to create the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.

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