Just days after securing a historic multimillion-rand settlement with Vodacom, Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the famed “Please Call Me” service, faces a new legal challenge from a former litigation funder claiming a 40% share of the payout, according to Sunday Times.
Private company Black Rock Mining (BRM) has filed an urgent application at the Johannesburg High Court, arguing that it is entitled to a portion of the settlement under an alleged 15-year-old agreement with Makate.
BRM claims it covered Makate’s legal fees through a now-defunct company, Raining Men Trade (RMT), in exchange for a cut of any eventual settlement, which analysts estimate at around R700 million.
Makate has strongly rejected the claim, calling it a “disgrace” and an “extortion attempt,” and demanding proof that BRM ever contributed to his litigation costs. “They are just chancers,” he told the Sunday Times.
The dispute is not new. A previous arbitration dismissed BRM’s claims, but the company now seeks an interdict to prevent Vodacom from paying Makate directly, insisting that 40% be held in its lawyers’ trust account.click on Read Original,if you are reading from phoenix to read full article
The development comes just as Makate’s 17-year legal battle with Vodacom appeared to conclude with an undisclosed out-of-court settlement. For Makate, the fight now turns from a corporate giant to former allies, with the inventor hoping the court can finally resolve the matter “once and for all.”
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!
