‘Please Call Me’ hearing to be exactly 24 years since idea submitted to Vodacom

“A dear friend and whistle-blower in this matter, Mr Teboho Motaung, also has his birthday in November.“It is quite significant and naturally coincidental that the hearing of the Vodacom appeal is scheduled for the exact day I approached Vodacom executives with a proposal for this groundbreaking and hugely successful product 24 years ago,” Makate said.Motaung, a former senior accountant at Vodacom who was responsible for calculating Vodacom’s business partners’ commissions, said under oath in 2020 that the company’s stance that it was unaware how much revenue had been…