JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Monday, 18 April 2016:

1. Ramaphosa star rising, tipped to succeed Zuma with Nkosazana now dead duck

2. Trevor Ncube: Zimbabwe is broken. Rejection of pedestrian politics needed.

3. Mailbox: What obligations do the Guptas have if Oakbay goes insolvent?

4. Mining’s BEE disaster exploding as new army of snouts demand turn at trough

5. No thanks Guptaman – SA bank refuses Oakbay CEO request for reconciliation

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