South African telecom giant Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has taken over talks with a former employee, who is demanding Sh45 billion as compensation for the 'please call ...

Just when the Please Call Me inventor thought his days in court were over after reaching a settlement with Vodacom, he is gearing up to fight a firm that is demanding 40% of the payout. Black Rock ...

The court on Tuesday morning found Vodacom was bound by an agreement with Kenneth Nkosana Makate who has said he invented the Please Call Me concept. Makate conceived the Please Call Me concept in ...

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”.

n a move that closes one of the most protracted chapters in South African tech history, Vodacom Group has reached an out-of-court settlement with Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the “Please Call Me” ...

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 ...

Litigation funder Black Rock Mining has failed in its attempt to put a freeze on 40% of Please Call Me founder Kenneth Makate’s winnings from Vodacom. On Monday (8 December 2025), Judge Don Mahon of ...

‘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 ...