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

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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
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Madonsela backs calls for Vodacom to settle Please Call Me saga

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

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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

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Vodacom approached the High Court to seek an interdict to prohibit Nkosana Makate from disclosing any information to outside parties
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There’s still no answer to Please Call Me. Now they want the arbitrator to hang up

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New ‘sideshow’ stalls Nkosana Makate’s negotiation with Vodacom.
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How to stretch your prepaid airtime buck

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Cash-strapped cellphone users are recharging for as little as R2, as pressure mounts for free SMSes.
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Please Call Me about paying me

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The high-profile case against Vodacom has cast a spotlight on litigation financiers.
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Mr Please Call Me’s story destined for a book and the big screen

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

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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?
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‘Please Call Me’ plaintiff got R5m boost

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Sterling-Rand has emerged as plaintiff Nkosana Makate's financial backer in the Vodacom Please Call Me case.
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Vodacom, Makate wait for ‘Please Call Me’ judgment

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Nkosana Makate is now waiting on judgment after his case against his former employer over the invention of its Please Call Me service closed.
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Former Vodacom CEO testifies in ‘Please Call Me’ case

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Alan Knott-Craig made his first appearance in court in the case brought against Vodacom about the invention of the Please Call Me.
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Former Vodacom employee’s ‘Please Call Me’ case goes to court

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