Elsdon says he funded Nkosana Makate when no-one else would and will not be 'branded a criminal' for honouring a contract.

In a scathing judgment, Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga described the nearly 20-year legal battle between Nkosana Makate and Vodacom as ‘unending litigation’ and slammed the Supreme ...

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 ...

In a dramatic turn of events, Errol Elsdon is set to sue Nkosana Makate for defamation, challenging the narrative of the ...

JOHANNESBURG - 'Please call me' inventor, Nkosana Makate, said he remains resilient despite a Constitutional Court setback in his long-running battle with Vodacom. Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed ...

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 ...

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”.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...