JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Friday, 29 September 2017:

1. Smoking gun: Ex-Trillian CEO reveals how Essa ‘opened taps’ for McKinsey

2. Ed Herbst: Did the Survé-controlled Cape Times defame Dr Max Price?

3. Lessons for SA? ‘Socialist’ Vietnam’s spectacular return to economic success – Zille

4. Business Leadership flexes muscle – first KPMG now Eskom, Transnet suspended

5. WEF shocker: SA crashes in competitive rankings, now ranks behind Rwanda

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