Disgraced former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe has lost his third appeal against an order forcing him to repay R11m in pension payments unlawfully paid to him by the power utility’s pension fund. In 2018, Molefe approached the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein in a bid to overturn the ruling ordering him to repay the money. In October, the court dismissed his application with costs. Following this Molefe lodged a special appeal with the judge president of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Trade union Solidarity, which is one of the respondents in the matter, said the court dismissed this review application with costs.

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