Nkosana Makate has been negotiating with Vodacom for several years in an attempt to get “reasonable compensation” for the free message service
The former public protector has urged the mobile company to ‘do the right thing’ by resolving the impasse with the inventor of the phone service
Vodacom claims to have reached a settlement with Nkosana Makate but he has refuted these claims
Vodacom approached the High Court to seek an interdict to prohibit Nkosana Makate from disclosing any information to outside parties
New ‘sideshow’ stalls Nkosana Makate’s negotiation with Vodacom.
Rebecca Davis interviews Nkosana Makate, the originator of Vodacom’s free messaging concept, who’s won his 15-year battle against the cellphone giant.
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The contrarian who made her name by stoking controversy in the Sunday papers is using Twitter to champion the little guy in the ‘Please Call Me’ tale.
Sterling-Rand has emerged as plaintiff Nkosana Makate’s financial backer in the Vodacom Please Call Me case.
Nkosana Makate is now waiting on judgment after his case against his former employer over the invention of its Please Call Me service closed.
A man claiming that he invented the Please Call Me has been vindicated after Vodacom failed to have the case scrapped, says Business Report.