Thami Tsolekile, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, and Ethy Mbhalati, three former South African cricket players, were arrested after being implicated in a match-fixing incident in October 2016. Due to their roles in the controversy, the three cricket players were detained on November 18, 28, and 29, respectively.
In the T20 Ram Slam Challenge 2015–16, the three former celebrities were linked to a match-fixing incident. Following an investigation by the DPCI’s Serious Corruption Investigation Unit, the arrests took place.
Additionally, the first inquiries started in 2016 when complaints of some questionable activity involving former player Gulam Bodi were received by Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) anti-corruption section. Subsequent investigations showed that Bodi had manipulated the outcomes of three local T20 matches by contacting several players.
Section 15 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (PRECCA) charged Tsolekile and Tsotsobe with five charges of corruption. Colonel Mogale was quoted as saying, “They both appeared in the Pretoria Specialized Commercial Crimes Court today, 29 November 2024, and their case was postponed to 26 February 2025 for disclosure.”
Notably, only Lonwabo Tsotsobe was able to represent South Africa internationally out of the three accused; the other two were only able to play domestic cricket.
During the Test series against Sri Lanka, South African
Regarding South Africa, the men’s squad is presently battling Sri Lanka in a Test series. The first Test match took place at Kingsmead in Durban on November 27 and pitted the two teams against one another. The Proteas had dominated the visitors after three days of play.
South Africa swept out Sri Lanka for just 42 runs after being restricted to 191 runs in the first innings. In addition, Sri Lanka had a target of 516 runs to chase when the team declared on a score of 366 in the second innings.
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