IRM1501
Assignment 2 Semester 1 2024
COMPLETE ANSWERS
DUE 17 April 2024
Question: Find the case of Makate v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (CCT52/15) [2016] ZACC 13;
2016 (6) BCLR 709 (CC); 2016 (4) SA 121 (CC) (26 April 2016) and discuss this case in the
prescribed format (Facts, legal question, reasons for the decision or ratio decidendi and
the findings).
Case Name: Makate v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (CCT52/15) [2016] ZACC
13; 2016 (6) BCLR 709 (CC); 2016 (4) SA 121 (CC) (26 April 2016)
Facts:
In 2000, Nkosana Makate, a former employee of Vodacom, proposed an idea to
Vodacom which involved the use of a "Please Call Me" service. This service would allow
a Vodacom user with no airtime to send a message asking someone to call them back.
Makate claimed that Vodacom agreed to develop and implement his idea, promising to
compensate him for it. However, despite the success and profitability of the service,
Vodacom did not compensate Makate as he expected. Makate then approached the
court seeking compensation from Vodacom for the use of his idea.
Legal Question: