JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Thursday, December 4 2014:

1. Shakespearian tragedy? Nope, it's just Mugabe's Zimbabwe

2. MD of Goldman Sachs: why the S in BRICS is a dud

3. Ellen Langer - on mindfulness and the art of noticing things at work and play

4. You can't sell Steve Biko's autopsy, courts tell auction house

5. Craig Martin: Why is ARB Holdings not in your portfolio?

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