Nkosana Makate’s drawn-out efforts to be financially compensated for inventing the “please call me” concept have led to another dramatic and nasty clash with lawyers.
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Vodacom cannot pay the “inventor” of the “please call me” service, Nkosana Makate, more money because the outcome of the deadlock-breaking mechanism is legally binding, the company said on Friday.
Vodacom offered its former employee, Nkosana Makate, R49-million to settle the “please call me” dispute, his former “litigation funder”, Chris Schoeman, said in a radio interview on Thursday.
Vodacom has drawn a line in the sand over demands from protesters that the telecommunications operator pays the “inventor” of its “please call me” service R70-billion.
The high court in Pretoria has referred the dispute between the previous funders of the “please call me” case and Nkosana Makate over settlement negotiations with Vodacom to arbitration. The ruling
After a Herculean victory over telecommunications giant Vodacom for being the rightful inventor of “please call me”, Nkosana Makate has yet again been dragged back to court. A fresh legal battle
It is not clear why the legal battle between Nkosana Makate, the man who claims he invented the “Please call me” service, and telecoms giant Vodacom has so captured the imagination of the South African public. Perhaps it is because of the classic David and Goliath proportions of the saga, or perhaps it is a
A group of wealthy businessmen have emerged as the financial backers of a former Vodacom employee’s civil claim involving the company’s “Please call me” service, Business Day reported on Monday. Pretoria attorney Chris Schoeman and two partners