Vodacom is being accused of trying to shirk its obligation to pay Nkosana Makate for his Please Call Me invention after negotiations broke down two months ago. Now Makate has approached the Constitutional Court again to get the cellphone company to compensate him for the idea he gave it in 2000. The application was filed this week. Makate said he was disappointed but not surprised by events since the Constitutional Court ordered in April this year that Vodacom had to negotiate in good faith to determine reasonable compensation. Negotiations deadlocked in September and further correspondence deteriorated last month before the parties could discuss the amount due to Makate, which experts have estimated to be in the millions. Makate said the parties disagreed on the interpretation of the court order. "Clearly, the stance they are taking is to try and run away from their legal obligations. "But I'm in a good space. I don't have a problem. I've got lots of support. I've got a legal team ...
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