Online Reporter
WE all grew up knowing the phrase that, “a fool and his money are soon parted”, as a warning that careless or naive individuals quickly lose their money through bad financial decisions, frivolous spending, or exploitation.
The same is unfolding before us as we watch a self-styled businessman fall on hard times after failing to manage a huge amount of money that once sat in his account.
When that sum was deposited, the man lost all sense of restraint, and began spending as though each day was his last on earth.
His weakness for women is well documented.
Blabber knows several sisters who do piece jobs and had affairs with him.
Indeed, they helped him burn through his fortune, and some were even taken on holiday to world-class resorts far beyond our borders.
Video clips of his dune-bike ride in the Sahara were posted to his digital profiles, and we all saw how he was living on the fast lane. But, as the old saying goes, between the hand and the lip, the morsel may slip.
And so, as fate would have it, the man has now hit rock bottom.
In fact, he is currently feeling the pinch of penitentiary loneliness after being nabbed over botched deals he entered while trying to rebuild his finances through unscrupulous means.
Surely, how can one hire a car and sell it to an unsuspecting customer using forged documents, only to fund lavish drinking, expensive whisky and nights out with female friends?
Meanwhile, word reaching Yours Truly is that the only property left in his name, a house on 8 000-square metres in one of our leafy suburbs, is going under the hammer to repay a loan he obtained.
All of this is happening while he remains behind bars.
In this life, what you give is what you get!
Before signing off, Blabber wonders where another broke diamond dealer is now residing after being evicted from a house he bought, but failed to pay for in full.
The man whose name alludes to freedom no longer enjoys the financial freedom he once had at the height of precious stone deals in our beloved city.
Yours Truly is informed that neighbours are breathing a sigh of relief after the eviction because the property, located on a street whose name has something to do with cocks, had become a drug den and a rendezvous for thieves.
I rest my case!
