The trade war between the US and China, SA’s beleaguered state-owned enterprises and the high cost of data are some of the issues likely to make headlines in 2020.A resolution of the US-China trade war is crucial to the fortunes of the SA economy.tension between Washington and Beijing has had a direct effect on SA businesses, particularly miners and fisheries, over the past year.
“ state-owned enterprises will continue to serve as a structural challenge or impediment for the growth of industries in SA”. politically charged restructuring process at Eskom, which is yet to begin, looks set to inject a high level of conflict into the labour market.At a time when shortfalls in corporate governance and even corruption have come to the fore at many SA companies, investors are likely to be more wary about the companies they invest in. With luck, auditing firms will step up their efforts