Kaya 959 Reporter
Vodacom will need to go back to the drawing board to crunch numbers and make ‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate a new offer.
This after the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria ruled that Makate had been given the short end of the stick in the deal.
Judge Wendy Hughes ruled that the determination of R47m by the CEO should be referred back to Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub.
Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to Jan Vermeulen, who is the My Broadband Editor to unpack the new court judgement and what this means for both Vodacom and ‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate.
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According to the judgement, Makate was also entitled to “the time value of money calculated at 5% for each successive year” that Vodacom owes him.
“Makate is entitled to be paid 5% of the total voice revenue generated from the PCM product from March 2001 to March 2021,” said Hughes.
“That total voice revenue includes Please Call Me revenue derived from prepaid, contract (both in bundle and out bundle) and interconnect (MTR) fees as set out in the Second Respondent’s annual financial statements,” the judgment stated.
He said that Joosub is obliged to make a fresh determination.
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The 20-year battle that was followed by 10 years of litigation might still drag on for some time.
This is according to Vodacom spokesperson Byron Kennedy who has come out and said they will be appealing the matter as the earlier deals were made in good faith.
“Vodacom remains of the view it’s negotiations with Mr Makate were held in good faith as determined in the order of the constitutional court issued on 26th of April 2016.”
Makate took to Twitter to thank all those who have supported him through his long journey, “THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED ME. ANOTHER VICTORY AT THE HIGH COURT” he said.
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