Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	iParioli Office Park, 399 Duncan Street, Hatfield, Pretoria
Employees	306
Annual budget	R2,331,509,000
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.

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:

• 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 - http://www.esi-sa.org

External links

• Department of Communications
• ZADNA