JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Monday, August 24 2015:

1. Rand smashed, now leading EM currencies lower, poor econ management blamed

2. ANC turns anti-West, declares US stance on China, Russia a Cold War

3. Brilliant: ANC elite bask in destructive transformation as African Spring looms

4. Lucy Kellaway: Bravo Bezos. Amazon leads the way, reintroducing good sense

5. Not quite the ‘Great Stock Market Slump’, but still a Black Monday

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