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Please Call Me inventor Kenneth Nkosana Makate is about to be smiling all the way to the bank after the court officially ruled in his favour. Finally, the decades-long battle between him and Vodacom has come to a decisive end with the Supreme Court of Appeal ordering Vodacom to determine a reasonable compensation amount ASAP.
IN ALL SOUTH AFRICAN COURTS!!!! The SCA has just delivered another blow for Vodacom. This one South Africans is for the history… pic.twitter.com/pzPuotjdpr — #PleaseCallMe Movement February 6, 2024 This legal battle has been going on since November 2000 when Makate, a former Vodacom employee, came up with the 'Please Call Me' feature, IOL reports. Makate came up with the idea more than 20 years ago when he had a long-distance relationship with his now wife, who was a student then.
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