JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com DAY DATE:

1. Friday's "self-inflicted" Ratings Agency downgrade to take SA just one notch above "junk"

2. SA's crime pandemic and why we're doing nothing about it

3. Worldwide taxi strikes: we should all worry about Uber - Graeme Codrington

4. Poisonous office politics: Seven signs of risk

5. Greece: An update on the post-crisis situation

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