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 ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - South African telecoms group Vodacom (VODJ.J), opens new tab said on Wednesday it had reached an out-of-court settlement in a dispute with a former employee over his ...

Nkosana Kenneth Makate will face his former backer, Errol Elsdon, in an arbitration hearing to oppose a claim against 40% of his settlement from Vodacom for his Please Call Me idea. Elsdon, through ...

Errol Elsdon, who financially backed Nkosana Kenneth Makate’s legal case against Vodacom between 2011 and 2014, says he originated the idea that became Please Call Me, but did not invent it. Elsdon ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I see out-of-office replies and hear voicemail messages that say, “I will get back to you at my earliest convenience.” It seems to me that they are saying they will call when it is ...