JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Wednesday, October 22 2014:

1. Matthew Lester: My assessment of the 2014 Mini-Budget

2. Post Office shooting itself in the foot as strike prompts e-billing, outsourcing

3. Analysing Capitec Bank: Anything but an Abil

4. Mini Budget 2014: Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's full speech

5. Tongaat Mall shocker: Property secretly funded by Govt? Minister lets slip

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