JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Thursday, January 8 2015:

1. Redefine's Marc Wainer: SA property stocks expensive, at "crazy" levels of 2006/7

2. Chris Yelland: New technical problems at Medupi put SA at risk

3. David Shapiro: How Naspers shares will get next boost; consider Steinhoff too

4. Construction begins at Chinese-owned "African Manhattan" in Modderfontein

5. Zapiro on French terror attacks - beware shrinking press freedom

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