JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Friday, 2 February 2018:

1. Zuptoids insanely beating the nuclear drum – Eberhard exposes the madness

2. Cape Town drought crisis: Why Maimane has risked crossing state, party lines

3. Eskom can’t shake the Gupta blues: lenders keep backs turned to SA utility giant

4. Mass unemployment doesn’t happen by accident. Here’s how we can start fixing it.

5. National Treasury to Viceroy – living by the sword can also mean dying by it

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