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 ...

As Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate continues to pursue a battle for compensation, a tech expert has questioned if the inventor had ever patented the call-back service. Makate, a former trainee ...

Nkosana Kenneth Makate did not invent Please Call Me. However, this false statement has been repeated so often that most media outlets and commentators quote it as fact. Recent reports referring to ...

The villain of the moment is the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which really, deeply, and utterly screwed it up. But at heart, the Please Call Me saga is the fault of lawyers, or rather the two ...

Please Call Me inventor Kenneth Makate has rejected arbitration with former legal funder Black Rock Mining, which is seeking to recover 40% of his payout from Vodacom. Though Makate’s settlement with ...

In real life, Professor Balthazar is one of South Africa’s foremost legal minds. He chooses to remain anonymous, so it doesn’t interfere with his daily duties. The litigation between Nkosana Makate ...