JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Tuesday, July 1 2014:

1. Disarray of the State. Brilliant analysis of SA. By Esterhuyse, Bruggemans

2. SA banker's nightmare - Pick n Pay, MTN attacking their high profit business

3. Q&A: RAFI funds. Invest like Warren Buffett - in your sleep

4. Forget the Fragile Five. Increasingly SA looks like becoming "Fragile One"

5. Matthew Lester: Trusts and estate duty - the big issues

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