Vodacom and Nkosana Makate have settled the years-long 'Please Call Me' battle out of court. In an announcement to shareholders this evening, Vodacom says the legal dispute has been settled and, as ...

'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate. Vodacom and Nkosana Makate are eagerly awaiting the handing down of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgement on the ‘Please Call Me’ (PCM) matter, which ...

As news about the “Please Call Me” secretive settlement was streaming, many wondered about the settlement amount. As someone who covered the “Please Call Me” matter, I reflected on this moment and its ...

Despite Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate stating that his quiet, out-of-court settlement with Vodacom to resolve the 17-year running legal battle is confidential, South Africans who have been ...

The Constitutional Court has ordered the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to rehear the long-running case between Nkosana Makate and Vodacom over the 'Please Call Me' invention South Africa's Acting ...

Nkosana Kenneth Makate will face his former backer, Errol Elsdon, in an arbitration hearing to oppose a claim against 40% of his settlement from Vodacom for his Please Call Me idea. Elsdon, through ...

Ari Kahn, the man who invented, patented, and helped launch “Call Me” while on contract with MTN in November 2000, says Vodacom’s settlement with Nkosana Kenneth Makate is “absolutely unconscionable”.

Vodacom and Kenneth Makate have finally settled the Please Call Me matter out of court. Vodacom has agreed to pay Makate an undisclosed amount. The case has been dragging on since 2018, when Makate ...