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Today's BizNews Daybreak covers Donald Trump’s stance on Iran and rising oil prices driving Brent crude past $87. Tech highlights include Anthropic’s $9.1 billion data center deal with Riot Platforms, Intel raising $20 billion through share sales, and security risks of rogue AI models. Plus, Berkshire Hathaway accelerates share buybacks to $4.5 billion.

Nearly a year after Neil de Beer's death, the NdB Sunday Show looks back at the moments that made him impossible to ignore. From tearing into the NHI Bill to naming his own "ten most wanted" list of state capture figures, de Beer never softened a line for anybody. What most of his audience didn't know while he was saying it: he was fighting cancer, quietly, the whole time. Chris Steyn revisits the utterances that built the show, and the man behind them.

Today’s episode covers South Africa’s immigration debate as Solly Moeng addresses local employment realities. We examine global tensions, including Iran’s Strait of Hormuz deal and oil market impacts. Plus, updates on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s inflation strategy, OpenAI’s upcoming 2027 smart device, Elon Musk’s massive SpaceX and Starlink V3 expansion plans, and Alphabet’s struggles with delayed Gemini models and AI talent loss.

Today’s episode covers Google's AI leadership shakeup, vishing cyberattacks targeting major Wall Street hedge funds and Meta’s AI testing breach. Locally, Jacob Zuma appoints his son Duduzane as MKP deputy president while Ramaphosa holds back an interim commission report. Plus, SRF polling reveals the ANC collapsing in Johannesburg, Kallie Kriel dives into property rights warnings over expropriation, SanDisk’s revenue forecast, and Uber’s latest consumer update.

Alex Karp just proved that conviction moves markets. Palantir's overnight 29% jump has Wall Street rethinking what it thought it knew about the company, and Karp isn't shy about telling you why. Elon Musk lays out exactly how far ahead SpaceX and Starlink already are, and how much further they're going, while South Africa keeps arguing with itself about letting Starlink in at all. Add a fresh Johannesburg poll that's bad news for the ANC, a Sasol result the market punished despite strong numbers, and Glencore handing billions back to shareholders, and you've got a day where markets and voters were settling the same argument.