The ANC's Liliesleaf branch in Midrand has now distanced itself from calls that Vodacom pay R70 billion to Nkosana Makate, who is credited with coming up with the 'Please call me' idea.
In 2006, the Constitutional Court ruled that Vodacom and Nkosana Makate determine an amount which he is compensated for his invention when he was still an employee.
Talk Radio 702 presenter Karima Brown speaks to Toby Shapshak, the editor and publisher of 'Stuff' magazine, about his piece stating that the real inventor of the service is, in fact, Ari Kahn, a former MTN consultant.
The so-called Please Call Me Movement, which includes the ANC's Liliesleaf Farm branch and Panyaza Lesufi, want the cellphone giant to pay Makate R70 billion for his invention in 2000.
A group of people under the banner of the please call me movement, demonstrated outside Vodaworld on Thursday demanding the cellphone giant pay Makate R70 billion for his invention.
Please Call Me Movement supporters say they will now continue mobilising the public to boycott Vodacom after the cellphone giant missed a deadline to compensate Nkosana Makate.
Supporters will now continue mobilising South Africans to boycott Vodacom products after the cellphone giant missed a deadline set by organisers to compensate Nkosana Makate.
Protesters have started arriving at the Vodacom campus in Midrand to intensify their call for the network giant to pay Nkosana Makate the amount that he says is due to him.
His supporters have given the network until 10am on Thursday morning to pay him the amount he agrees to or face boycotts.
This despite the company serving organisers of the Vodaworld shutdown with a cease and desist letter to stop what it calls the incitement to invade their stores.
The movement wants Vodacom to urgently compensate Nkosana Makate who came up with the idea for the 'Please Call Me' service back in 2000 while still employed by the company.
Panyaza Lesufi and the Please Call Me Movement have called on citizens to boycott Vodacom products and events if the 'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate is not paid.
