Brian Molefe back in court to explain why he should keep the money
The disgraced former Eskom CEO wants the court to overturn a ruling that ordered him to repay R11m in unlawful pension payments
The High Court in Pretoria is on Tuesday expected to hear arguments in the appeal application brought by disgraced former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe.Molefe wants the court to overturn a January ruling by the full bench of the court that ordered him to repay R11m in pension payments, which had been unlawfully paid to him by the Eskom Pension Fund.The court described the R30m early-retirement deal entered into by Eskom and Molefe as a "deliberate scheme" concocted after he resigned from Eskom in 2016 as he was never entitled to the benefits after he had been in Eskom’s employ for only 18 months.Molefe will also be challenging a ruling that he had indeed resigned and his initial reinstatement was unlawful, as part of his appeal was to seek reinstatement to his old position at the power utility.Despite resigning from Eskom in the "interest of the good corporate governance" in 2016 in the wake of former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s damning State of Capture report, Molefe disputes that....
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