Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

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|jurisdiction = Government of South Africa

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|minister1_name = Mondli Gungubele

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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 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. {{Asof|August 2021}} the minister is Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and her deputy is Philly Mapulane.{{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 }}

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