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   Number 1: BNC#9 | The AI reckoning: Stafford Masie says jobs, healthcare & banking are all about to transform

   Your phone tells you which menu items will wreck your afternoon before you've ordered. Your investment portfolio is run by an agent that never sleeps. And the loyalty programme you've belonged to for years? It might not survive contact with your own smartwatch. At BNC#9, former Google South Africa boss and Discovery board member Stafford Masie skips the slides and goes straight for the uncomfortable stuff: an agent that hacked a gym booking system to get its owner into a full class, a compute shortage that's driving prices up even as supply grows, and a warning that South African businesses of any size could run with half the staff within three years. He also names the healthcare boss he sent an unanswered memo to, live, on record. This one is worth watching in full.

   August 20, 2026·22min
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   Number 2: BN Daybreak: Steinhoff texts; Naspers' Tencent deal; Chad le Clos' LA push

   Today's episode explores the aftermath of the Steinhoff crash with previously unseen texts from Markus Jooste. We also unpack how Naspers secured its legendary $33 million Tencent deal despite tough negotiations. In sports, Chad prepares for his "last dance" at the LA 2028 Olympics. Finally, we cover Wall Street's slump driven by rising Treasury yields and a notable dip in retail stocks.

   August 21, 2026·14min
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   Number 3: Helen Zille: The Burke saga, a response to Corné Mulder, and the battle for Joburg and beyond

   Helen Zille left her husband, sons and grandchildren in Cape Town to chase what she calls one of the toughest jobs of her career: mayor of Johannesburg. In this wide-ranging conversation with Alec Hogg, she explains why she'd rather walk straight into opposition than repeat the "extortion" coalition deals that helped bring Joburg to its knees, takes on the DA's Mark Burke controversy head-on, and reveals what Henry Kissinger once told her about the DA's chances on the African continent. Blunt, unscripted, and not without a fight.

   August 24, 2026·34min
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   Number 4: The NdB Sunday Show - Ron Weissenberg: How to change the regime next year - without a revolution!

   In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Ron Weissenberg of The Accountability Group (TAG), tells Chris Steyn how South Africa could have a new government by next year instead of after the 2029 national elections. He says it can be achieved in accordance with a Constitutional provision for Parliament to be dissolved between national elections once a minimum of three years have passed since it was elected. It would require a motion to be tabled by an MP and voted for by the majority of members (201 minimum out of 400) following which early elections must be held within 90 days. The earliest date such a motion can be tabled is 29 May 2027. Asked why this early regime change has not been mooted, Weissenberg says: “...there's a cynical answer to that - and of course one shouldn't confuse narrow self interests with virtue when it comes to political parties and politicians.” As its advisability, he says: “...one thing that has become apparent is that voters in this country do seem to like coalitions, but coalitions do not like voters...if there isn't support from the parliamentary caucuses themselves, there should certainly be support from the voting public…to ensure that, if the government of the day is not performing, they are given the earliest opportunity to cast a vote for something different and not have to wait a further few years to do that.”

   August 30, 2026·12min
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   Number 5: BN Daybreak: Pistorius 'big lie'; Hamas crypto wallets; Comp Com overreach; EE quotas; Wall St up

   Retired senior advocate Chris Marnewick spent six years on the Pistorius trial record and tells Alec Hogg the conviction should have been culpable homicide, not murder, blaming social media groupthink for a "big lie" of gender-based violence. Analyst Jasmine Opperman reveals 14 active bitcoin wallets in South Africa channelling funds to Hamas. Financial Mail's Rob Rose unpacks how the Competition Commission wrongly named salesman Bryan Brownrigg in its rand-rigging case, wrecking a decade of his life. TymeBank's Coenraad Jonker says AI will enable bankers, not replace them, and Sakeliga's Piet le Roux takes employment equity quotas towards international courts.

   September 14, 2026·16min
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