In May 2014 President Jacob Zuma split the ministry by establishing the position of minister of telecommunications and postal services alongside the minister of communications.

However, in a cabinet reshuffle in November 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the reversal of the split, absorbing the telecommunications and postal services functions back into the Ministry of Communications.

[3] The respective departments did not merge until after the 2019 general election.

[4] After the election Ramaphosa renamed the office as the minister of communications and digital technologies.

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