Brett Botten will step down as Spar’s CEO and board member at the end of January, weeks after the company made headlines over what appeared to be questionable accounting and a highly publicised fallout with former black franchisees.

A leaked investigative report by law firm Harris Nupen Molebatsi revealed that a group of black retailers accused Spar of unfair treatment...

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