Minister of Communications (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Communications List 10 other official names: Minister van Kommunikasie (Afrikaans) uNgqongqotjhe wezokuThintana (Southern Ndebele) UMphathiswa lezoNxibelelwano (Xhosa) Indvuna wezokuXhumana (Zulu) Indvuna leTekuchumana (Swati) Tona ya Dikgokagano (Northern Sotho) Letona la Dikgokahano (Sotho) Tona la Ditlhaeletsano (Tswana) Holobyeya swa Vuhlanganisi (Tsonga) Minisiṱa wa Vhudavhidzani (Venda)
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Incumbent Faith Muthambi since 26 May 2014
Department of Communications
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Formation	17 June 1999
Deputy	Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
Website	Department of Communications

The Minister of Communications (formerly Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who between 1994 and 2014 was responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications. In 2014, President Jacob Zuma shifted this function to the newly created position of Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Service. The post of Minister of Communications has been retained, but the Minister is now responsible for overseeing the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), Brand SA, Film and Publication Board [FPB], and the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA).^[2]

Minister	Party	Term	Under President
Pallo Jordan	ANC	7 May 1994 – 28 March 1996	Nelson Mandela
Jay Naidoo	ANC	29 March 1996 – 16 June 1999	Nelson Mandela
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri	ANC	17 June 1999 – 2008	Thabo Mbeki
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri	ANC	2008 – 6 April 2009	Kgalema Motlanthe
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (acting)^[3]	ANC	2009	Kgalema Motlanthe
Siphiwe Nyanda^[4]	ANC	11 May 2009 – 31 October 2010	Jacob Zuma
Roy Padayachie	ANC	1 November 2010 – 24 October 2011
Dina Pule^[5]	ANC	25 October 2011 - 9 July 2013
Yunus Carrim	ANC	10 July 2013 - 25 May 2014
Faith Muthambi	ANC	25 May 2014 - Present

References

Ministers of the South African Government

President of South Africa Deputy President of South Africa

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