JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com Thursday, 11 February:

1. Vavi: The true State of the Nation. What you won’t hear from Zuma tomorrow.

2. Floyd Shivambu: Here’s why Zuma fired Nene, deployed backbencher Van Rooyen

3. Ben Mmari: Lessons (12 of them) learnt from a failed African startup.

4. Jeffery: Unemployment, not racism, SA’s most serious unresolved problem

5. President Zuma’s puppet master? 25 reasons #GuptasMustGo – EFF

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