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 ...

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 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 ...

Vodacom and Nkosana Kenneth Makate have settled the Please Call Me case, which has been dragging in South Africa’s courts since 2008, for an undisclosed amount. “The matter has been settled by the ...

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”.

JSE-listed Vodacom Group has finally reached an out-of-court settlement with former employee Kenneth Nkosana Makate over the long-drawn-out “Please Call Me” invention dispute. The ...

It's being reported on Thursday (6 November 2025) that the apparent inventor of the Please Call Me service, Nkosana Makate, is likely being paid out hundreds of millions of rand by former employer ...

Vodacom has been using the Please Call Me invention for 25 years. Vodacom and Nkosana Makate have settled the years-long 'Please Call Me' battle out of court. In an announcement to shareholders this ...

Vodacom and Kenneth Makate have finally settled the Please Call Me matter out of court. Vodacom has agreed to pay Makate an undisclosed amount. The case has been dragging on since 2018, when Makate ...