Imtiaz Patel will step down after nearly three years as Multichoice’s nonindependent nonexecutive chair in a move that is likely to improve governance standards after the company came under fire for having cosy deals with board members that exposed it to potential conflicts of interest.

Africa’s biggest pay-TV group appointed Elias Masilela, a long-standing independent member of the board, to succeed Patel — one of the board members with consultancy contracts with the group — in six months’ time...

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