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President Jacob Zuma surprised the information and communications technology industry on Monday, redeploying communications minister Roy Padayachie and appointing Dina Pule as his successor. Zuma also named Tembisa Ndabeni as Pule’s new deputy

Communications minister Roy Padayachie has been redeployed as minister of public service & administration. Former deputy communications minister Dina Pule will replace him in the communications portfolio. President Jacob Zuma announced the changes

President Jacob Zuma must establish an independent commission of inquiry into allegations that state security agencies hacked people’s phones, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Sunday. “Government agents are abusing their power

President Jacob Zuma said little about IT or telecommunications in his state of the nation address, delivered in parliament on Thursday evening. Zuma’s speech, which focused heavily on job creation

Sacked communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda has a new job. President Jacob Zuma has asked the speaker of the national assembly, Max Sisulu, to appoint Nyanda as the “president’s parliamentary counsellor” with immediate effect.

This is President Jacob Zuma’s full statement delivered on Sunday evening, announcing his new cabinet. Zuma fired communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda, replacing him with former deputy communications minister Roy Padayachie.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has questioned figures that the presidency has released detailing the number of calls received and resolved by the presidential hotline since it was established. The department of performance monitoring and evaluation in the presidency says President Jacob Zuma’s complaints hotline has received a total of 72 000 calls since it started.

Ousted communications department director-general Mamodupi Mohlala looks set for a court date his week after she spurned a second offer from President Jacob Zuma to settle the matter amicably. Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda fired Mohlala a month ago, saying trust between the two had “broken down irretrievably”.

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday told a press conference in Pretoria that he had heard from his communications minister, Siphiwe Nyanda, that there was a “problem” involving the department’s director-general, Mamodupi Mohlala. “The minister in passing indicated there is a problem. He has not given a proper and formal report. Once this happens, we move in,” Zuma said.