JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Thursday, February 5 2015:

1. Sapa news agency to close after 70 years

2. Exclusive: Why Hartley resigned as Sunday Times editor

3. Traffic and revenue don't equate in Vodacom quarterly

4. O'Neill: Too soon to remove Brazil from BRIC - so what about the S?

5. (Must read) Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein: Selebi betrayed our democracy. He doesn't deserve acclaim.

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