PRETORIA — President Jacob Zuma yesterday reconfigured his Cabinet.
Cyril Ramaphosa was appointed deputy president.
In what might be considered a surprise in some circles, Nhlanhla Nene replaced Pravin Gordhan as Finance minister.
Gordhan has been moved to Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
“We have established a ministry of Telecommunications and Postal services,” Zuma said while making his Cabinet announcement.
“Our country has a fast growing telecommunications sector which in 2012 was estimated at being worth R180 billion.”
The aim of the new ministry was to get more value out of the telecommunications sector, he said.
The communications department had been reconfigured to include more functions.
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“We have established a new Communications ministry which will be responsible for over-arching communication policy and strategy, information dissemination and publicity, as well as the branding of the country abroad,” Zuma announced.
“This ministry will be formed out of the following components: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, the SA Broadcasting Corporation, Government Communication and Information Systems, Brand SA and the Media Development and Diversity Agency.”
The National Planning Commission and the Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation ministry will be merged.
“This ministry will also continue to be responsible for youth development.”
— SAPA
