SA takes on treasure hunter over silver hoard
Government awaits outcome of UK legal case as it seeks return of silver bars salvaged from World War 2 wreck
02 October 2022 - 00:00
For almost 72 years, 2,391 bars of silver lay undisturbed in the hull of a torpedoed ship at the bottom of the Indian Ocean...
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