19 July 2019

The merger of South Africa’s department of communications (DOC) and the department of telecommunications and postal services (DTPS) will now be known as the department of communications and digital technologies (DCDT).

It follows president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to announce the appointment of a reconfigured national executive following the recently held general elections.

After the elections in May, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams retained her post as minister leading the country’s ICT agenda.

“The minister of communications is responsible for the department of communications and digital technologies,” Ramaphosa said in a statement. “This is a new department arising from a merger between the department of communications and the department of telecommunications and postal services. “Some departments remain mainly unchanged, but require changes to nomenclature to conform to ministerial portfolio designations. The total number of departments has been reduced by five, stemming from mergers and the transfer of functions.”