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The Constitutional Court has answered Nkosana Makate’s and Vodacom’s Please Call Me case. Photo: Troy Enekvist/M&G/File

‘Please Call Me’: Concourt makes a legacy ruling in the Vodacom judgment

The apex court has given clarity to the meaning of ‘duty of proper consideration’

The Please Call Me case ruling shows the gap between corporate profit and public good.

Hidden cost of justice denied: What the Vodacom ruling reveals about SA’s social priorities

The Please Call Me case outcome highlights the justice gap, favouring corporate power over individuals and undermining grassroots innovation and social transformation

A mobile phone shop worker watches a televised broadcast. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Zero-rate mobile services for health, education and development now

Operators must work together — if each network picks which sites to zero-rate, access to information will be determined by the colour of a person’s sim card

The mobile communications company has allegedly issued a notice to employees that it will not open its stores on Thursday. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Madonsela backs calls for Vodacom to settle Please Call Me saga

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

The Constitutional Court has answered Nkosana Makate’s and Vodacom’s Please Call Me case. Photo: Troy Enekvist/M&G/File

Vodacom ‘Please Call Me’ settlement offer ‘an insult’ – Makate

Vodacom claims to have reached a settlement with Nkosana Makate but he has refuted these claims

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‘Please Call Me’ inventor agrees to Vodacom gag order

Vodacom approached the High Court to seek an interdict to prohibit Nkosana Makate from disclosing any information to outside parties

The Constitutional Court has answered Nkosana Makate’s and Vodacom’s Please Call Me case. Photo: Troy Enekvist/M&G/File

There’s still no answer to Please Call Me. Now they want the arbitrator to hang up

New ‘sideshow’ stalls Nkosana Makate’s negotiation with Vodacom.

Talk is cheaper

How to stretch your prepaid airtime buck

Cash-strapped cellphone users are recharging for as little as R2, as pressure mounts for free SMSes.

Please Call Me about paying me

The high-profile case against Vodacom has cast a spotlight on litigation financiers.

Makate

Mr Please Call Me’s story destined for a book and the big screen

Rebecca Davis interviews Nkosana Makate, the originator of Vodacom’s free messaging concept, who’s won his 15-year battle against the cellphone giant.

The Please Call Me case ruling shows the gap between corporate profit and public good.

Vodacom’s ‘Please Call Me’ case: Investing in the fight for justice

The financing of the "Please Call Me" litigation is the first of its kind in South Africa. But why are South Africans so captivated by the case?

Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said they had received tips of alleged corruption within the department.

‘Please Call Me’ plaintiff got R5m boost

Sterling-Rand has emerged as plaintiff Nkosana Makate’s financial backer in the Vodacom Please Call Me case.

Vodacom, Makate wait for ‘Please Call Me’ judgment

Nkosana Makate is now waiting on judgment after his case against his former employer over the invention of its Please Call Me service closed.

Former Vodacom CEO testifies in ‘Please Call Me’ case

Alan Knott-Craig made his first appearance in court in the case brought against Vodacom about the invention of the Please Call Me.

Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said they had received tips of alleged corruption within the department.

Former Vodacom employee’s ‘Please Call Me’ case goes to court

A man claiming that he invented the Please Call Me has been vindicated after Vodacom failed to have the case scrapped, says Business Report.