'Please Call Me' battle - Makate vs Vodacom in court

The battle between Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the "Please Call Me" service, and Vodacom, South Africa's largest mobile network operator, is back in the Constitutional Court.
This marks the second time Makate will argue his case before the Apex court as he seeks fair compensation for his groundbreaking invention.
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[@ValithubaOliphant-qy6ty]

Hope this Court will give a clear vedict to this matter. Vodacom should pay before Christmas

[@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964]

😂😂😂

[@thembelihleinnocent3034]

It's not fair this guy would even die busy battling this Vodacom 😢

[@mlisto293]

End of the road for Vodacom, they must pay.

[@MrMthethwa86]

Vodacom must pay Makate what is due to him. This matter has dragged for too long. I was still a virgin when this case started.

[@giftkanyasa1610]

So now you are drive thru

[@ndubanesol111]

​@giftkanyasa1610 😷😷😷🤮🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊 no words to express my shock shock shock it's shocking but very fair & direct to the retired virgin n now drive through Virgin if anything 😂😂😂❤

[@bestokotelo2604]

😂 virgin part 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

[@nondumisof]

Yes, she did.

[@MargarethMokone-jz4hq]

​@@giftkanyasa1610yei😂😂😂😂😂

[@mirriamduma4959]

0:15 0:16 0:20 if makate is white ngabe kudala bamnika le Mali okwathiwa anikwe yona kusaqhubeka yona apartheid

[@mlisto293]

Please keep race out of this, if anything Makate’s lawyers are white. Stop seeing everything with the prism of colour.

[@Mary-JaneMoolman]

Race card, no case

[@kabelothabane4674]

The court must give an interpretation of its previous judgements to bring finality to the matter. With my limited legal knowledge, the matter is res judicata.

[@thefairobserver97]

What does "res judicata" mean?

[@lebohang8405]

Vodafone making a mockery of the South African justice system. How can the case go back to the constitutional court again? Is this a joke?

[@philanizulu836]

They have to pay him either they like it or not

[@OratiloeKhumalo]

Bringing the matter back to court, despite earlier rulings, might be seen as an attempt to prolong litigation unnecessarily. This could undermine judicial efficiency and waste resources. While Makate's pursuit of justice is commendable, these points suggest that his claim may not warrant further consideration at this stage, particularly if Vodacom acted within legal and contractual norms.

[@DennisGowaseb-yj1xz]

Is this not a stalingrad case 🤔

[@mtetelelimrwetyana2002]

This must come to an end, give Makate his multi billions without BEEE

[@GoodwillZamokuhleZungu]

Racist vodacom, even if it collapsed I don't care

[@mlisto293]

Vodacom in my opinion must pay, but I think to wish for its demise will be shortsighted. Because this will lead to loss of jobs we don’t have and further suffering of its employees

[@Tman-028]

Just pay the guy and stop ducking and diving the longer it takes the longer it will cost them too much

[@nhlanhlamalinga4343]

These judges are cowards, they won't end this

[@zamopower2970]

This has been dragging on for over 2 decades now and it looks like Makate knows his worth because he once refused 47 million rands offered by Vodacom. Vodacom please give the guy what is due to him and get over with this matter.

[@ersoysahin8244]

Time is money pay him out don't take his time vodacom

[@Mary-JaneMoolman]

What has to be paid for? Standard employment contract state that all intellectual property is the property of the employer. How can this not be a factor in this case????

[@siyabongamanikivana9170]

If don't have power lawyers you won make it in this world

[@brendongovender6971]

They will pay

[@thepantheoncon4146]

I don't know whether I wish I had his patience or I should have taken the 40 mil...

[@nithienbadal6733]

What a hoop dream…

[@vusibiyela6032]

Why are you not giving us LIVE FEED or streaming?

[@RuthMadumo]

How much are lawyers making out of this case? I hope the dragging of this case won't left him penniless and the lawyers rich because as a black man you're so on your own

[@BonganiMakhanya-uu7qs]

PAY HIM HIS BILLIONS WHY ARGUE SUCH CREATIVITY YOU HAVE MADE ZILLIONS OVER HIS IDEA,OUR OWN ELON MUSK, BROWN SUGAR OR WHITE SUGAR😢

[@shanelepono4482]

He is not the inventor🤦‍♂️

[@Kush-Kemet]

Only a non-Afrikan will utter such nonsense

[@willembeckmann2]

Who is the inventor ?

[@winstoncoerecius]

Agree MTN was

[@Kush-Kemet]

@winstoncoerecius Only a non-Afrikan such as yourself will utter such nonsense........

[@shanelepono4482]

@@willembeckmann2 Ari Kahn and MTN own the patent for the PCM. Ari Kahn also has nearly 50 other patents in telecoms.

[@OratiloeKhumalo]

While Nkosana Makate claims to have conceptualized the "Please Call Me" service, there may be insufficient documentation or proof to definitively establish him as the sole inventor. Vodacom, as the employer, likely has policies and agreements that assign intellectual property created by employees to the company, particularly if Makate developed the idea during his tenure.

[@sphamandlamthethwa4792]

You must be sick in head😮

[@shanelepono4482]

He is not the inventor.

[@boitumelomonokeng662]

It was decided long ago that he solely came up with the innovation , the issue now is just the settlement

[@theomaleto1130]

That is no longer the dispute, the court ruled long ago that he is the inventor. All they need to do is to pay him.

[@theomaleto1130]

​@@shanelepono4482he is the inventor. The court decided long ago, that is no longer a dispute

[@_thediarymedia]

👀

[@ThembaMayekiso-vk7us]

Where is Adv D Mpofu SC....he was going to show them flames here...21/11/2024

[@Ellsworthlinda]

Never this boy was going to lose R9bn

[@BMN545]

Lol...Mpofu haibo😂

[@ThembaMayekiso-vk7us]

It seems as if you don't believe me!!!! 21/11/2024

[@LawrenceRadebe-ei1kv]

Dali of all legal minds , hello.............?

[@ThembaMayekiso-vk7us]

Yebo Bhungane.....21/11/2024