Molefe, who served two stints as Eskom's CEO, was
initially ordered to pay back his pension by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in January 2018 in a case brought by trade union Solidarity and the DA.
"We find that Mr Molefe was never entitled to receive any pension benefits from the Eskom Pension Fund and the payments in lieu of such benefits were patently unlawful," the court ruled at the time.
The court also set aside the power utility's acceptance of Molefe's early retirement and the controversial decision to reinstate him as CEO.