Johannesburg, 17 July 2025 – EPPF has noted the decision of the Pretoria High Court on 11 July 2025 to grant Mr Brian Molefe’s appeal, in which he challenged the amount to be repaid to the Fund.

While the court unequivocally confirmed the former Eskom CEO’s indebtedness to EPPF, in determining the specific amount to be repaid, it has referred the matter to another judge. The Fund’s legal team and Mr Molefe’s legal team are required to present evidence on the amount that he must repay the Fund. EPPF is in the process of studying the judgment and will make a decision on whether to appeal within the timeframe allocated by the court.

This legal matter dates back to the 2022-23 financial year when the Pretoria High Court ruled that Mr Molefe had to refund the money paid to him by EPPF and to bear related legal costs. Mr Molefe was admitted as a member of EPPF in September 2015, on information submitted by Eskom, and was paid out by the Fund when he retired early. The High Court later ruled that Mr Molefe had been ineligible to receive a pension from EPPF because he had been a temporary or fixed-term employee. The court directed him to refund the benefit paid to him.

Mr Molefe’s subsequent appeals in the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court were unsuccessful. EPPF then applied for a High Court order directing him to repay the Fund. The court confirmed this obligation and awarded legal costs against him. It also ruled that EPPF must repay Eskom the money received from the utility to fund Mr Molefe’s early retirement. EPPF has complied with this ruling. It was in February 2025 that Mr Molefe appealed the amount that was to be repaid to EPPF.

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About EPPF: The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund revamped its brand as EPPF in July 2024. EPPF is self-administered and provides retirement fund administration services to its members. In-service members join EPPF as part of the conditions of service of their participating employers (Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and its subsidiaries). In-service members become deferred members if they resign and leave their retirement benefit to be managed by EPPF. In-service members who reach retirement age then become pensioners with a lifelong retirement benefit. With more than R203-billion assets under management, EPPF has more than 80,000 in-service and deferred members, as well as pensioners.

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Ms Helen Yardley 

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helen@eppf.co.za or eppfcommunications@eppf.co.za