Denis Smit, MD of technology consulting firm BMI-TechKnowledge, says he is "shocked" that Zuma decided to redeploy both the minister and his deputy, saying the changes will inevitably result in delays to crucial projects, including digital migration and the allocation of new radio frequency spectrum needed by telecommunications operators to build next-generation wireless broadband networks.
Zuma has named a former deputy communications minister, Dina Pule, who served under Padayachie's predecessor, Siphiwe Nyanda, to lead the ministry. At the same time, he has sent Padayachie's deputy, Obed Bapela, to the presidency and appointed Stella Tembisa Ndabeni, an ANC MP, as Bapela's successor. According to political news site The Daily Maverick, Ndabeni is regarded as a "committed enemy" of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
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