President Cyril Ramaphosa decides to suspend communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams for two months, after she violates the country’s lockdown regulations.

Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will face president Cyril Ramaphosa after a social media post purports her to be breaking lockdown rules. 

Although it will track and trace, via cellphones, those people who may have been exposed to coronavirus, government says their rights will be safeguarded.

It’s taken over a year, but the merger of the communications and telecoms ministries is finally effective, starting today.

The communications ministry declares new regulations, prohibiting the increase of mobile data prices and mobile number portability during the nationwide lockdown.

The department engages social media platform owners to mitigate the spread of digital misinformation about coronavirus in SA.

The ICT and education departments join forces to minimise disruption to the education system during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The lack of digital technology awareness hampers digital transformation in some provinces, says a MICT SETA board member.

Advanced tech will play a crucial role in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, says deputy comms minister Pinky Kekana.

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will today officially open Samsung’s innovation lab at the University of the Western Cape.

The communications ministry engages local electronics manufacturers, as it looks to accelerate its digital migration project.

The communications department promises to speed-up implementation of much-delayed projects, to advance SA’s ICT interests.