Three former South African cricketers arrested for match-fixing

Thami Tsolekile, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, and Ethy Mbhalati, have been arrested in connection with a match-fixing scandal from the 2015-16 T20 Ram Slam Challenge.

Among the three accused, only Lonwabo Tsotsobe (centre) has represented the senior South Africa side internationally. (Reuters)

Written by: Express News Service

2 min readNov 30, 2024 01:37 PM IST First published on: Nov 30, 2024 at 01:37 PM IST

Three former South Africa cricketers, Thami Tsolekile, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, and Ethy Mbhalati, have been arrested in connection with a match-fixing scandal from the 2015-16 T20 Ram Slam Challenge.

The arrests happened after an investigation by the Serious Corruption Investigation Unit of the DPCI.

All three have been charged with five counts of corruption under Section 15 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004.

The first investigations began when Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) anti-corruption unit had received reports of certain suspicious activities regarding former player Gulam Bodi in 2016. The investigations then revealed that Bodi had contacted multiple players in order to fix the results of three local T20 matches.