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 (Swazi) ; 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; Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams; since 22 November 2018
	Department of Communications
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	Graaff, D.P.DeV[1]
Website	Department of Communications

The Minister of Communications and Telecommunications (formerly Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications. In 2014 President Jacob Zuma split the ministry by establishing the position of Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, but the ministries were combined again in 2018 under President Cyril Ramaphosa.President Ramaphosa changed the name to: : Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services. [2]

ANC Ministers

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 - 30 March 2017
Ayanda Dlodlo	ANC	30 March 2017 - 17 October 2017
Mmamoloko Kubayi	ANC	17 October 2017 - 26 February 2018
Nomvula Mokonyane (Minister of Communications) Siyabonga Cwele (Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Service)	ANC	26 February 2018 - 22 November 2018	Cyril Ramaphosa
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams	ANC	22 November 2018 -	Cyril Ramaphosa

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Ministers - portfolios Accessed on 2009-04-19
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