Three former South African cricketers arrested! Here is why?
Xtra Time Web Desk: Three Protea cricketers Thami Tsolekile, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, and Ethy Mbhalati have been arrested by the Serious Corruption Investigation Unit of the DPCI in connection to a match-fixing scandal from the 2015-16 T20 Ram Slam Challenge.
All three have been charged with five counts of corruption under Section 15 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004. In 2016 the first investigations began when Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) anti-corruption unit received reports of certain suspicious activities against former player Gulam Bodi that further exposed Bodi contacting multiple players in order to fix the results of three local T20 matches.
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Colonel Mogale said, “Tsolekile and Tsotsobe were both charged with five counts of corruption under Section 15 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (PRECCA). They both appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court today, 29 November 2024, where their case was postponed to 26 February 2025 for disclosure."
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Mbhalati has already appeared in the Commercial Crimes Court with his case being postponed to February 20, 2025. Meanwhile, Tsolekile and Tsotsobe appeared in court on November 29 with their hearing adjourned to February 26, 2025 for disclosure proceedings.
