Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department overview
List 10 other official names: Departement van Kommunikasie (Afrikaans) UmNyango wezokuThintana (Southern Ndebele) ISebe lezoNxibelelwano (Xhosa) uMnyango wezokuXhumana (Zulu) LiTiko leTekuchumana (Swati) Kgoro ya Dikgokagano (Northern Sotho) Lefapha la Dikgokahano (Sotho) Lefapha la Ditlhaeletsano (Tswana) Ndzawulo ya swa Vuhlanganisi (Tsonga) Muhasho wa Vhudavhidzani (Venda)
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	iParioli Office Park, 399 Duncan Street, Hatfield, Pretoria 25°44′55″S 28°14′17″E / 25.74861°S 28.23806°E / -25.74861; 28.23806
Employees	306^[1]
Annual budget	R2,331,509,000^[2]
Ministers responsible	Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Hlengiwe Mkhize, Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department executive	Rosey Sekese, Director-General: Telecommunications and Postal Services
Child agencies	SAPO Sentech .za DNA NEMISA USAASA
Website	www.doc.gov.za

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (formerly known as 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 Telecommunications and Postal Services. It was renamed in 2014 when President Jacob Zuma created a new Ministry of Communications with different responsibilities.^[3]

Portfolio organisations

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

Broadband Infraco
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
South African Post Office
Sentech
.za Domain Name Authority
National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa
Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa
e-Skills Institute^[4]

References

↑ Annual Report 2008/09. Pretoria: Department of Communications. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-621-38855-8. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
↑ Annual Report 2008/09. Pretoria: Department of Communications. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-621-38855-8. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
↑ Zuma, Jacob (25 May 2014). "President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria". www.thepresidency.gov.za. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ Republic of South Africa: Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services .

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