GUGU LOURIE: Vodacom, please call Makate, it’s overdue
The telecoms giant is casting a stain on the integrity of SA business
10 March 2024 - 06:46
Sixteen years is a very long time. If the long legal battle between “Please Call Me” inventor Kenneth Makate and telecommunications giant Vodacom were a child, it would now be of legal age with an identity document.
Makate, once a Vodacom employee, conceived the Please Call Me (PCM) service in 2001 — a groundbreaking idea that generated billions for Vodacom. Yet, despite his contribution, he finds himself locked in a relentless legal struggle for fair compensation...
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