There is no clarity as to whether Brian Molefe resigned as Eskom chief executive, took early retirement with a R30-million pension payout or, as it now appears from court papers, went on unpaid leave. After almost five hours of questions on Tuesday, MPs on Parliament’s public enterprises committee were none the wiser – and expressed unanimous “serious concern” that they were being led by the nose. Acting committee chairperson Zukiswa Rantho summed it up by saying the committee would continue to see Molefe’s return to the power utility “as an illegal thing that happened in Eskom until persuaded otherwise”. By MARIANNE MERTEN.