{"podcast":{"title":"Democracy Unplugged","slug":"democracy-unplugged-6911807","podcast_index_feed_id":6911807,"rss_url":"https://iono.fm/rss/chan/8572","website_url":"https://podcastparty.co.za/level-up-with-phumi-mashigo/","image_url":"https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p3631/logo_8572_20251217_100943_1400.jpeg","author":"Podcast Party","episode_count":150,"summary":"Democracy Unplugged brings together thought leaders, activists and influencers to untangle the threads of democratic principles, dissect current challenges, and envision what our future could look like. Join the conversation as our panels delve into current affairs, political dynamics and social issues.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:21:04.537110+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-unplugged-6911807"},"episode":{"title":"SA’s Water Emergency, with Phumi Mashigo and WaterCAN's Dr Ferrial Adam","slug":"sa-s-water-emergency-with-phumi-mashigo-and-watercan-s-dr-ferrial-adam","published_at":"2026-02-12T11:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-unplugged-6911807/sa-s-water-emergency-with-phumi-mashigo-and-watercan-s-dr-ferrial-adam","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-unplugged-6911807","url":"https://iono.fm/e/1645294?v=1","audio_url":"https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_3631/epi_1645294_medium.m4a?p=rss","summary":"What has changed since last year’s State of the Nation (SONA) promises? At last year’s SONA, water infrastructure was particularly framed as a national priority yet in parts of Johannesburg, the heart of South Africa’s economy, and in municipalities across the country, taps still run dry. Treatment plants fail. Maintenance collapses. Phumi Mashigo, along with Dr Ferrial Adam from WaterCAN, a civic organisation focused on water accountability, look at how this all came to be and whether we can have hope that the dire situation will actually improve. The Burning Platform","meta_description":"What has changed since last year’s State of the Nation (SONA) promises? At last year’s SONA, water infrastructure was particularly framed as a national pr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/democracy-unplugged-6911807/episodes/sa-s-water-emergency-with-phumi-mashigo-and-watercan-s-dr-ferrial-adam/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-unplugged-6911807/sa-s-water-emergency-with-phumi-mashigo-and-watercan-s-dr-ferrial-adam.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}