The constitutional court has dismissed an application brought by Nkosana Makate, the man who it found had invented the popular “please call me” service, ordering him to pay the costs of the application. “The constitutional court has considered
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Nkosana Makate has dismissed Vodacom’s assertion that it faces difficulties in determining the revenue that the “please call me” idea has generated since its inception in 2001. Makate, the inventor of “please call me”, argued in court
Vodacom is still prepared to negotiate with “please call me” inventor Nkosana Makate on whether to compensate him a share of revenue that the service has generated. This emerged from Vodacom’s affidavit filed on Tuesday in
A fresh battle between Nkosana Makate and Vodacom is heading to the constitutional court as compensation negotiations between both parties for his “please call me” service have deadlocked. The latest court application seeks clarity on the
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
In the latest episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Nkosana Makate’s victory over Vodacom at the constitutional court. Also this week, local Internet service providers have come out in
The constitutional court’s scathing judgment that ordered Vodacom to compensate Nkosana Makate for his “please call me” idea, in theory, brings an end to a legal case akin to a David vs Goliath battle. The case, which was before the high court in
Nkosana Makate has won a crucial constitutional court case against Vodacom over his claim for compensation for helping develop the mobile operator’s “please call me” service. In a landmark
Inventor of Vodacom’s “please call me” service, Nkosana Makate, says he doesn’t have any hard feelings towards telecoms veteran Alan Knott-Craig. The constitutional court on Tuesday