{"id":85702,"date":"2026-02-25T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/spar-group-ceo-angelo-swartz-resigns"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:55:42","slug":"spar-group-ceo-angelo-swartz-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/spar-group-ceo-angelo-swartz-resigns","title":{"rendered":"SPAR Group CEO Angelo Swartz Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Angelo Swartz, the SPAR Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has resigned and will leave the retailer at the end of this month, Moneyweb reported this week.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that, Swartz took the helm after a chaotic period which saw previous CEO Brett Botten \u201cretire\u201d after less than two years in the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe group had faced a number of questions related to governance and eventually Botten left. At the time, it said it was confident it would be able to recruit a successor within three months. Together with the announcement relating to Botten, Spar said that the CEO before him, Graham O\u2019Connor, would not seek re-election as a non-executive director at the 2023 AGM,\u201d reads the Moneyweb report in part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Eswatini<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Angelo Swartz, the SPAR Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has resigned and will leave the retailer at the end of this month, Moneyweb reported this week. 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