‘Please Call Me’ trial drags on as Vodacom gets chance to appeal

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‘Please Call Me’ trial drags on as Vodacom gets chance to appeal
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At issue is the application of the ‘Bekker test’, which Vodacom argued judge Wendy Hughes did not apply in her February judgment that favoured Makate

'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate. File picture: SIMPHIWE NKWALI.

Judge Wendy Hughes stated in her seven-page judgment she was persuaded that “a compelling reason exists to grant leave to appeal”. On the other hand, “the cornerstone of Mr Makate’s argument, on this aspect, was that the CEO’s determination did not satisfy the test of reasonableness and led to a patently inequitable result”.

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