NATIONAL NEWS - MultiChoice says former CEO Imtiaz Patel’s relationship with the Guptas had no influence over the contract agreement with ANN7.
The TV channel was previously owned by the controversial family, and MultiChoice has been accused of paying millions of rand to ANN7 to allegedly influence the country’s long-stalled digital migration from analogue to digital TV.
MultiChoice says its audit and risk committee investigation has found no evidence of corruption even though some mistakes were made in the lobbying process.
At the time ANN7 was paid by MultiChoice, Patel was CEO and his connection to the Guptas recently made headlines.
But the newly-appointed chief executive Calvo Mawela says the money paid to ANN7 had nothing to do with MultiChoice’s stance on digital migration.
