Saturday 31 May 2014

South Africa creates new telecom ministry


South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma announced the appointment of Siyabonga Cwele as the minister of the newly formed department of telecommunications and postal services. He was previously the minister of state security. The deputy minister of telecommunications and postal services is Hlengiwe Mkhize. She was the former deputy minister of economic development, MyBroadband News reported. Zuma said the country has a fast growing telecommunications sector which in 2012 was estimated at being worth ZAR 180 billion. The aim of the new ministry is to get more value out of the telecommunications sector.



The department of communications has been changed to include more functions. This includes communications policy and strategy, information dissemination and publicity and South Africa’s international branding. The new department of communications will be formed out of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), the SABC, GCIS, Brand SA and the Media Development and Diversity Agency. The new communications minister is Faith Muthambi. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams stays on as the deputy communications minister.

Source: Telecom Paper

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