File: Here are five business stories that will shape 2020 in South Africa.JOHANNESBURG - From data prices that must fall to the crisis at state-owned enterprises and the trade war between the US and China, here are five developments in corporate South Africa that will make headlines in the coming year.A resolution of the US-China trade war is crucial to the fortunes of the South African economy.
“From a foreign policy perspective, it’s difficult to ascertain ... SA’s orientation towards China and ... SA’s orientation towards the US in the context of the US-China trade war. As soon as they are able to conclude that ... we can have some kind of direction in terms of our prospects of economic growth,” he said.The crisis in state-owned enterprises , which has put pressure on the fiscus and weighs on SA’s credit rating, will continue to shape the business environment over 2020.
While there are some indications that the government will allow a move by businesses to generate their own electricity, the supply constraint is here to stay for at least the next two years. The politically charged restructuring process at Eskom, which is yet to begin, looks set to inject a high level of conflict into the labour market.
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