JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Wednesday, August 12 2015:

1. Why can’t you lose weight? Spoiler: it’s not because you’re greedy or lazy

2. Zuma publicly chastises Gigaba, orders immediate review of Visa regulations

3. RW Johnson: No conscious act of Govt reform will reverse downward drift

4. Peter Wilhelm: Zuma & cronies running SOEs into decay – on path to extinction

5. Even cheaper Chinese steel could kill ArcelorMittal. Does Pretoria care?

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