SA-China cyber security pact

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Picked up on this in the daily newspaper.

Seems that the government are looking at a 9 point plan to develop the ICT space in SA, with China as the partner.
Of course, this raises the question, what do China intend to develop, considering their take on open and transparent social media ....

"South Africa definitely is in a bit of a sort of shaky position right now. We know that there's increased unrest and the governing party is feeling a little insecure in its tenure among the electorate.

Shinn also said she fears that the two countries could be “sharing tips” on how to curb the use social media during legitimate protests.

In turn, Shinn has also suggested that the South African government be more transparent about what the cyber security pact with China entails exactly. Shinn has further written to Minister Cwele asking for more details about the deal signed with China.

"Whatever agreement is in play with whatever government on these issues, it should be open and transparent and we need to know what they are,” Shinn told Fin24.

"As far as I'm concerned, no issue of cyber security or internet governance should be solely in the domain of the government. In fact, the government is only one of the players in drawing up these strategies and policies on this. It has to be a multi-stakeholder approach,” said Shinn.

Shinn also raised concerns about how China itself is increasingly being accused of waging high level hacking attacks on the likes of the US government and its companies.

http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/SA-China-cyber-security-pact-worries-DA-20150610

https://www.htxt.co.za/2015/06/11/here-are-the-details-of-sas-ict-deal-with-china/

Your take on this?