THE THIRD UMPIRE

MALATSE KOLOKOTO

The SARS employee has been sentenced to seven years in jail for corruption. A customs officer at OR Tambo, he was found guilty of accepting a bribe from a Chinese national to allow him to bring Rolex watches through duty-free.

KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER

The SA Golden Globe entrant — the only woman in this solo nonstop around-the-world race sans digital technology — has rescued Finnish competitor Tapio Lehtinen after he spent 24 hours on a life raft after the sudden sinking of his yacht.

ELIZABETH HOLMES

The Theranos founder has been sentenced by a US court to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her bloodtesting company, once valued at $9bn, which collapsed when the underlying technology was revealed to be fraudulent.