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15 April

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬. 𝘜𝘗𝘋𝘈𝘛𝘌: 𝘐𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 2021, 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘙100 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. With estimated returns of over 50 to 100%, a controversial Gauteng diamond dealer has lured a string of investors to buy into his dreams of selling Namaqualand diamonds at vast profits. Carte Blanche investigates how several unsuspecting South Africans, who invested millions into the mouth-watering scheme, were short-changed as the extravagant promises came to nought. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://linktr.ee/carteblanchetv

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