{"id":26272,"date":"2019-10-31T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T05:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/31\/listen-what-vodacom-is-doing-to-please-call-me-inventor-is-haraam\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T05:47:58","slug":"listen-what-vodacom-is-doing-to-please-call-me-inventor-is-haraam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/listen-what-vodacom-is-doing-to-please-call-me-inventor-is-haraam\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] What Vodacom is Doing to &#8220;Please Call Me&#8221; Inventor is Haraam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 31-10-2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the \u201cPlease call me\u201d movement has told Radio Islam what Vodacom is doing the inventor of the service is \u201cHaraam\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the inventor of \u201cPlease call me\u201d Nkosana Makate won an epic legal battle against Vodacom when the Constitutional Court ruled the company had agreed to compensate him for the idea, and now had to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The talks deadlocked in 2018 which resulted in the Vodacom CEO, as per instruction of the apex court, determine an amount which he believes is reasonable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \u201cPlease call me\u201d Movement\u2019s Modise Letsoabe says they will continue to pledged its support for the inventor of the Vodacom SMS service as he takes the cell phone giant back to court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf really this is what Mr. Makate is deserving, why don\u2019t we actually support him? So if he\u2019s asking for seventy billion Rand in an 18-year-period, than isn\u2019t it fair for all of us to actually support him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vodacom has indicated that it would oppose the review application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Listen to the interview with\u00a0Modise Letsoabe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/705751543&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 31-10-2019 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) \u00a0 The head of the \u201cPlease call me\u201d movement has told Radio Islam what Vodacom is doing the inventor of the service is \u201cHaraam\u201d. 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