Reviews · Recognition · Verification
What the trade says, what editors say, where it’s on the record.
Twenty-five years in this country leaves a paper trail. Below is the public, independently verifiable one. Every claim links to its source. No badges drawn from thin air; every line a reader can check before they’ve finished their coffee.
Google Business Profile
What customers say on Google.
Prodiam Trading is verified on Google with a public Business Profile in Bedfordview; the reviews below are quoted verbatim from it and you can read every one at the source. If you have bought, viewed, or had a stone valued by us, your review helps the next buyer find a manufacturer-direct house instead of another reseller.
5.0
Rate us on Google → Read all Google reviews →
The link opens the Prodiam Trading listing in Google search. From there, click Write a review.
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At the end of February I won a competition from Prodiam Trading. I received the most beautiful piece.
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Wonderful products and such great quality. Highly recommend this company. Service was great too.
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Thank you so much for the beautiful bracelet, it is much appreciated. Jonathan Katz.
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Excellent service and best price in South Africa. Thank you.
The hero proof
DGJASA · Diamond, Gem & Jewellery Association of Southern Africa.
Prodiam Trading is listed in the DGJASA member directory as “Etkind D | Prodiam Trading”. The DGJASA, formed in 2026 from the merger of the DDCSA and the RDDA, is a bourse member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), the global self-regulatory body for the diamond trade. Membership is peer-vouched and not granted lightly, roughly two hundred SA manufacturers, dealers and jewellers carry it.
- Member directory diamonds.org.za/members →
- DGJASA President Molefi Letsiki, co-director of D and D Diamonds CC (Procut DCW) →
- WFDB profile wfdb.com/profile/molefi-letsiki →
Trade-directory vouching
Listed and verified across the SA jewellery trade.
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Jewellers’ Network · Prodiam Trading CC
Licensed rough diamond dealer. Distributor of polished diamonds and diamond jewellery to wholesale and retail markets. Trusted locally and internationally for over 25 years.
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Jewellers’ Network · D and D Diamonds CC, t/a Procut DCW
Suite F1W6B, The Paragon, Bedfordview. Repairs to polished and rough diamonds. All shapes, colours, cuts and clarities. Key personnel: Darren Etkind, Molefi Letsiki, Tshepo Swartbooi.
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Jewelxy · Manufacturer profile
4.09/ 5
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LinkedIn · Darren Etkind
Director, Prodiam Trading & Procut DCW (D&D Diamonds). BCom, University of the Witwatersrand. Skills: rough diamonds, luxury goods, jewellery, wholesale.
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Reflected authority · co-director spine
The Letsiki connection.
Procut DCW’s co-director Molefi Letsiki sits at the apex of the South African diamond trade. He is the president of the DGJASA (formerly the DDCSA), an executive committee member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses, and the first majority-black-owned De Beers sightholder in South African history. The press record on Letsiki is independently citable and surfaces in every search of the SA beneficiation story:
- The Diamond Loupe De Beers announces Molefi Letsiki Diamonds will become a sightholder →
- IOL Business Report Molefi Letsiki Diamonds is first majority-black-owned sightholder at De Beers →
- Diamond Press Molefi Letsiki: Empowering an industry →
- Mining Weekly Inaugural show to promote SA as jewel of the diamond industry →
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GIA & EGL certified
Every loose stone certified by the GIA or EGL. Cert PDF supplied per stone.
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Insured delivery, SA & worldwide
Overnight across South Africa via Brink’s, G4S or our nominated jewellery courier. Insured worldwide dispatch via Ferrari Group and FedEx Custom Critical.
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Same-address GIA verify
GIA South Africa office is in our building. On-the-spot re-grading on request before settlement.
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Natural diamonds only
Mined-Earth, never lab-grown, by conviction, not price. Kimberley-Process documented from the mine of origin. Why we don’t sell lab-grown →
The credential ledger
Every credential, with the source.
| Claim | Source | Verify |
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| DGJASA (formerly DDCSA) bourse member, Etkind D / Prodiam Trading | Diamond, Gem and Jewellery Association of Southern Africa public directory | diamonds.org.za/members |
| De Beers DBCM Emerging Beneficiation Customer, since 2019 | Signed 2026 EBC Term Sheet (private contract; status itself is publishable) | debeersgroup.com |
| SA Beneficiation Licence under the Diamonds Act 1986 | SA Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR), licence valid through 2029 | sadpmr.co.za |
| GIA & EGL certification on every polished stone | Gemological Institute of America · SA office in same building (The Paragon). European Gemological Laboratory accepted alongside GIA. | gia.edu |
| Only natural diamonds · never lab-grown | Prodiam buying creed: every Prodiam stone is mined-natural, certified, and graded. We do not stock or sell synthetic / lab-grown diamonds. | About Prodiam → |
| Kimberley Process compliant, every parcel | Kimberley Process Certification Scheme | kimberleyprocess.com |
| Co-director Molefi Letsiki, DGJASA President, WFDB Exec Committee | WFDB profile + multiple independent press | wfdb.com |
The work checks out, end to end. Now let’s find your stone.
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