President Jacob Zuma has signed a Proclamation to establish or abolish national departments as well as to designate such departments and their heads, following the announcement of new portfolios of Ministers that the President made on 25 May 2014.
The departments are as follows:
- Department of Small Business Development (new department)
- Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation which will replace the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
- Department of Water and Sanitation which will replace the Department of Water Affairs
- Department of Women which will replace the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities
- Department of Communications which will replace the Government Communications and Information System (GCIS)
- Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services.
President Zuma will as a next step, transfer the administration of legislation, powers and functions to the relevant Ministers in terms of section 97 of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996.
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