Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

{{Short description|Minister of the South African government}}

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| incumbent = Solly Malatsi

| incumbentsince = 3 July 2024{{cite news |title=Historic day for SA as government of national unity ministers take oath of office |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-03-historic-day-for-sa-as-government-of-national-unity-ministers-take-oath-of-office |publisher=Daily Maverick |date=3 July 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024}}

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| appointer = Cyril Ramaphosa

| appointerpost = President of South Africa

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| inaugural = Graaff, D.P.DeV{{cite web |url= http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/South_Africa.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071016201150/http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/South_Africa.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 16 October 2007 |title= UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA |access-date=28 November 2018}}

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| deputy = Mondli Gungubele

| website = [http://www.dcdt.gov.za/ Department of Communications and Digital Technologies]

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The minister of communications and digital technologies (formerly minister of communications, minister of posts, telecommunications and broadcasting and minister of posts and yelecommunications) 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.{{Cite news |date=22 November 2018 |title=Read Cyril Ramaphosa's full statement on the cabinet reshuffle |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-11-22-read-cyril-ramaphosas-full-statement-on-the-cabinet-reshuffle/ |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Business Day}} The respective departments did not merge until after the 2019 general election.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-22 |title=Communications ministry on fifth reshuffle |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-11-22-communications-ministry-on-sixth-reshuffle/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} After the election Ramaphosa renamed the office as the minister of communications and digital technologies.{{Cite web|date=14 June 2019|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-reconfigured-departments-14-jun-2019-0000|access-date=7 August 2021|website=Government of South Africa}}