JOHANNESBURG – Five of the best read stories on BizNews.com, Friday, 16 December 2022:

1.  Judge Hlophe’s suspension took shockingly long and more ‘lawfare’ is expected – Jeremy Gauntlett, SC

2.  International community sees Ramaphosa as ‘least bad option’ to accelerate reform and honour green energy commitment

3.  Expect Ramaphosa to get another term but the battle will be for No 2 – Prof Theo Venter, UJ

4.  Best of 2022: Airline veteran Gidon Novick explains why SA’s era of subsidised flights is over; the challenge for SAA; Lift’s success and demise of the ‘family business’ Comair

5.  Best of 2022: SA’s activist lawyer Erin Richards says compelling evidence and Pfizer’s own data shows it lied by claiming Covid vaccine was ‘safe and effective’

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