Public Protector to probe Brian Molefe’s R30m pension payout

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has agreed to investigate disgraced former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s controversial R30 million pension payout from the power utility, the DA said on Monday.

The party had requested the probe after it emerged that the Eskom board approved the payout to Molefe after only 18 months as the chief executive of Eskom.

“Following the public outrage surrounding the irregular ‘golden handshake’ which later became a ‘performance bonus’, and then a ‘pension payout’ – this investigation is long overdue,” the DA’s shadow minister of public enterprises Natasha Mazzone said.

Mazzone said in a statement the “outrageous payout” was a gross abuse of public funds, especially after Molefe said he resigned “in the interests of good corporate governance” in November last year, following the release of the public protector’s State of Capture report.

“Molefe does not deserve the R30 million. In fact, he does not deserve a single cent. He must pay back every dime of the R30 million to Eskom,” she said.

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