The R29-billion Please Call Me struggle

[Daniel Puchert]

R29-billion Please Call Me battle

Vodacom is busy negotiating with Please Call Me idea-man Kenneth Nkosana Makate and has made provision for compensation owed to him as a contingent liability.

However, it has declined to comment on the negotiations and the contingent liability amount.

 

[3WA]

Thanks for the update. When this is finalized, please call me.

 

[epah]

We dont need any of these build-up articles. Just let us know once he has been paid what he is owed thanks.

 

[LCBXX]

Greed, from both sides.

 

[LazyLion]

These negotiations should have taken place years ago.
Somebody stuffed up and should be fired... maybe several people.

 

[clickingbuttons]

47 Million rand was offered for what is essentially a few English sentences from Makate. And the guy thinks he's entitled to billions of rands as a result.

What an actual fkn joke :/

 

[zolly]

I bet the MTN guy who actually invented the Please Call Me is waiting in the wings. Once Makate gets his payday, him and his lawyers will swoop in to sue Makate for copyright infringement.

 

[Jola]

47 Million rand was offered for what is essentially a few English sentences from Makate. And the guy thinks he's entitled to billions of rands as a result.

What an actual fkn joke :/

Yes, and Vodacom was not even the first company out with this product.

 

[Botha22]

Even the journalists do not want this to end. When you need a filler article, this is the go to story (after Eskom).

 

[SHL]

47 Million rand was offered for what is essentially a few English sentences from Makate. And the guy thinks he's entitled to billions of rands as a result.

What an actual fkn joke :/

Vodacom just dug a deeper hole by offering that amount in the first place.

 

[Budza]

Greed, from both sides.

Lawyers win.

 

[Clean Green]

Everything is always a Struggle in this country.

 

[ThinkCentre]

This guy has made himself a sitting duck! Once he gets the money, the whole world is going for him!

 

[Gazg]

Zzzzzzzzzz

 

[FiestaST]

Vodacom is busy negotiating with Please Call Me idea-man Kenneth Nkosana Makate and has made provision for compensation owed to him as a contingent liability.

Yup, I need to do my thing:

 

[Fuzzbox]

MTN should sue him for copyright infringement.

 

[NeonNinja]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1807252957898953112

 

[Dolby]

Vodafone are probably already rethinking of having anything to do with Africa