The case has gone back and forth for many years as Vodacom and Makate wrangle over compensation.
Vodacom Group and former employee Kenneth Makate plan to enter private talks to discuss his compensation for a popular call-back phone service he proposed more than two decades ago, hoping to reach an out-of-court settlement.
The case has gone back and forth for many years as Vodacom and Makate wrangle over compensation for the ‘Please Call Me’ idea he proposed to the company’s product-development team when he worked in the finance division in the 2000s. A 2016 order by the Constitutional Court said Vodacom Chief Executive Officer Shameel Joosub should work out fair compensation, which Joosub calculated at R47 million at the time.Read: Makate’s court victory against Vodacom is also a victory for litigation funding
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