NKOSANA MAKATE: Facts about my 18-year battle with Vodacom
Unethical behaviour has permeated Vodacom's conduct throughout negotiations, says Nkosana Makate
Numerous disparaging articles have cast aspersions on my Please Call Me claim, which was proven and upheld by the Constitutional Court and the high court. It is important to give the facts of what has transpired, and where we are today as, with deep sadness, I approach our courts for a judicial review. My product proposal of November 21 2000 shows that Please Call Me targeted prepaid and contract subscribers with or without airtime. The false claim peddled by Vodacom is that I proposed a product only for those without airtime. Vodacom's product description document, which used my entire product proposal, was signed by all Vodacom directors in 2001 and the evidence shows Alan Knott-Craig snr confirmed that my product proposal formed the core basis of the Vodacom product document known today as the USSD-based Please Call Me product. It is misleading, then, to say the current Please Call Me product differs from the product proposal I submitted to Vodacom. Vodacom announced the launch o...
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