Telecommunications giant Vodacom has been ordered to make a new offer after please-call-me inventor Nkosana Makate rejected the initial offer Vodacom offered Makate R47 million, and he flatly turned ...

Vodacom has finally settled its long fight with Nkosana Makate – the man who created the “Please Call Me” service. In a statement to shareholders, the company said its board approved an out-of-court ...

Nkosana Makate, inventor of the 'Please Call Me' service, says he had to fund his fight against Vodacom because Black Rock Mining, which agreed to bankroll the case, never existed and had no money.

Vodacom allegedly paid R1 billion to settle the drawn-out Please Call Me case with Nkosana Kenneth Makate in 2025. This detail was contained in a statement issued by Makate’s former financial backer, ...