Vodacom Ordered To Make Another Offer to Please-Call-Me Inventor After He Rejected R47 Million Offer
- Telecommunications giant Vodacom has been ordered to make a new offer after please-call-me inventor Nkosana Makate rejected the initial figure
- Vodacom offered Makate R47 million and he flatly turned it down, and the Supreme Court of Appeals ordered Vodacom to make a new offer
- Vodacom responded in a statement and said that it was disappointed in the ruling
- South Africans are celebrating and demanding that he get what's owed to him
With nine years' experience, Tebogo Mokwena, a current affairs writer for Briefly News, provided insights into the criminal justice system and high-profile cases in South Africa at Daily Sun.
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Vodacom's please-call-me inventor, Nkosana Makate, won another court victory after the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in his favour. The SCA ruled that Vodacom should make another offer after Makate rejected the initial figure of R47 million.
Makate should be made new offer: SCA
According to SowetanLIVE, the SCA ruled in Bloemfontein on 6 February 2024 and determined that Vodacom must make a fresh determination on how much they should pay him. The court also set aside the R47 million Makate rejected in 2019. Makate believes that the end is in sight and is confident that the matter will be settled before the end of the year. Business Report claimed that Vodacom owes him R20 billion.
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The Constitutional Court ruled that Vodacom was bound to Makate by an agreement. The SCA also determined that Vodacom was supposed to give Makate an 18-year contract from March 2001 until February 2019. SCA judge Ashton Scheepers remarked that R47 million was not enough.
Vodacom disappointed
Vodacom spokesperson Byron Kennedy sent Briefly News a statement about the ruling.
"Vodacom notes the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in the case of Vodacom (Pty) Ltd v Makate (Please Call Me matter), which was handed down on 6 February 2024. Vodacom is surprised and disappointed with the judgment and will bring an application for leave to appeal before the Constitutional Court of South Africa," he said.
South Africans relieved by the ruling
Netizens on Facebook are relieved that he's getting what he deserves.
Robert Hlaka said:
"I like how consistent he has been. He knows his worth, and thanks to his legal team, they must pay up."
Lethabo Charterpreneur Kekana praised him.
"He's patient with the process. I wish I could say the same with other artists."
Kgosietsile LouisV-Malouda Mosedi Leteane added:
"He doesn't have a bone of desperation in his body."
Muzie Khuzwayo:
"This guy is set for life!"
Francois Marais van Zyl exclaimed:
"This guy is milking it."
Former employee claims Vodacom knew they owed Makate
In a similar article, Briefly News reported that Vodacom allegedly knew that they owed Makate for the please-call me saga.
An ex-employee claimed that Vodacom knew how much money it made from the please-call me service in 2015. The employee added that he discovered through affidavits that the group lied when it said it did not know how much it owed Makate.
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