JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, August 19 2014:

1. Kokkie Kooyman: Capitec downgrade unwarranted and dangerous

2. Matthew Lester: Save our teachers. F$@k the cruising Abil executive

3. Hey SA, want to create jobs? Heed an African role model - 24 000 and growing.

4. RECM's Van Niekerk: Key message in disappointing Shoprite numbers

5. SA poverty trap: Abil is tip of iceberg. Brilliant analysis by Shawn Hagedorn

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