{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Maverick","slug":"daily-maverick-7095670","podcast_index_feed_id":7095670,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/v9bQiEYF","website_url":"https://dailymaverick.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3bec838f-f991-4931-b05e-5de58c21103e/e9da61b8-6a21-4980-9681-d37797013724/3000x3000/podcast-20tile-20-20daily-20maverick-20v4.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Daily Maverick","episode_count":89,"summary":"Know more. Know better.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T04:20:52.396142+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670"},"episode":{"title":"Is your money really safe? South Africa’s invisible crime wave","slug":"is-your-money-really-safe-south-africa-s-invisible-crime-wave","published_at":"2026-04-30T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670/is-your-money-really-safe-south-africa-s-invisible-crime-wave","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670","url":"https://dailymaverick.simplecast.com/episodes/is-your-money-really-safe-south-africas-invisible-crime-wave-A4Drgg9I","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/c001af6d-0aa9-4451-ac6a-f1c4cf6202e2/episodes/0f0a3eb6-ae27-4811-a528-3f4d9d74aa11/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c001af6d-0aa9-4451-ac6a-f1c4cf6202e2&awEpisodeId=0f0a3eb6-ae27-4811-a528-3f4d9d74aa11&feed=v9bQiEYF","summary":"South Africa’s latest crime statistics suggest a country getting safer, but that’s only part of the story. Commercial crime - fraud, scams, and financial exploitation - is rising, with cases doubling over the past decade. It’s a quieter crime, but one that targets ordinary South Africans directly, often through the very systems they rely on. Why has this surge escaped national attention? And what happens when victims try to fight back? Rebecca Davis, senior journalist at Daily Maverick, reports.","meta_description":"South Africa’s latest crime statistics suggest a country getting safer, but that’s only part of the story. Commercial crime - fraud, scams, and financial…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-maverick-7095670/episodes/is-your-money-really-safe-south-africa-s-invisible-crime-wave/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670/is-your-money-really-safe-south-africa-s-invisible-crime-wave.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}