Vodacom Group is paying out “reasonable compensation” to a former employee of the South African mobile-network operator for his idea to develop a popular call-back service after a former chief ...

Vodacom has finally settled its long-standing dispute with Kenneth Nkosana Makate over the "Please Call Me" feature, bringing nearly two decades of legal battles to a close. This week, Vodacom and ...

Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate and Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub. “Please Call Me” inventor Nkosana Makate will have to wait even longer for compensation from Vodacom. The Constitutional Court ...

The two-decade-long Please Call Me battle between Vodacom and inventor Kenneth Makate has officially come to an end – with Makate reportedly set to earn up to R750 million as part of an out-of-court ...

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 ...

‘Extortionists’ are trying to claim 40% of Kenneth Makate’s expected payout of R700 million from Vodacom, says the ‘Please Call Me’ inventor. Nearly 25 years after the launch of the Please Call Me ...

Nkosana Makate leaves a Johannesburg court in August 2008 during the long-running Please Call Me saga. (Photo by Tshepo Kekana/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images) In late 2000, telecoms engineer Ari ...