JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Wednesday, November 19 2014:

1. The PPC saga goes to defcon 1 - enter Ketso Gordhan

2. PPC chair Bheki Sibiya on cutting the dividend, defending his CFO - and Ketso Gordhan

3. Matthew Lester: How f***ed are the poor in RSA?

4. Felicity Duncan: The "Folklore of Finance" and how it kills investors' returns

5. Craig Martin: Will any of these "fledglings" ever fly? (Part 2)

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