Have you ever sent or received an email at work that said, "Please call me," or, "I need to speak to you, please give me a ring," with no additional information? Jon Steinberg, CEO of the Daily Mail, ...

'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate. Vodacom and Nkosana Makate are eagerly awaiting the handing down of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgement on the ‘Please Call Me’ (PCM) matter, which ...

Ari Kahn, the man who invented, patented, and helped launch “Call Me” while on contract with MTN in November 2000, says Vodacom’s settlement with Nkosana Kenneth Makate is “absolutely unconscionable”.

Pieter GJ Koornhof does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Vodacom has finally settled its long-standing dispute with Kenneth Nkosana Makate over the "Please Call Me" feature, bringing nearly two decades of legal battles to a close. This week, Vodacom and ...

As news about the “Please Call Me” secretive settlement was streaming, many wondered about the settlement amount. As someone who covered the “Please Call Me” matter, I reflected on this moment and its ...

Nkosana Makate leaves a Johannesburg court in August 2008 during the long-running Please Call Me saga. (Photo by Tshepo Kekana/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images) In late 2000, telecoms engineer Ari ...

In a historic judgment, outgoing Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Madlanga delivered his last ruling at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, involving the long-running dispute between Nkosana Makate ...

JOHANNESBURG: South African telecoms group Vodacom said on Wednesday it had reached an out-of-court settlement in a dispute with a former employee over his role in creating the company's call-back ...

Nkosana Kenneth Makate says he plans to continue working at the South African Local Government Association, where he is a financial controller. Vodacom and Makate announced on Wednesday that they had ...