IRM1501
ASSIGNMENT 2 (SEMESTER 1)
DUE DATE: 17 April 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than 17 April 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
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). (20 MARKS)
ANSWER:
Title: Makate v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (CCT52/15) [2016] ZACC 13; 2016 (6) BCLR 709 (CC); 2016 (4) SA
121 (CC) (26 April 2016)
FACTS:
The case revolves around a dispute between Nkosana Kenneth Makate, an inventor, and Vodacom
(Pty) Ltd, a telecommunications company in South Africa. Makate claimed that he had invented and
proposed a concept to Vodacom for a service called "Please Call Me." This service would allow
Vodacom customers to send a free text message to another customer requesting a call back. Makate
ASSIGNMENT 2 (SEMESTER 1)
DUE DATE: 17 April 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than 17 April 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
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). (20 MARKS)
ANSWER:
Title: Makate v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (CCT52/15) [2016] ZACC 13; 2016 (6) BCLR 709 (CC); 2016 (4) SA
121 (CC) (26 April 2016)
FACTS:
The case revolves around a dispute between Nkosana Kenneth Makate, an inventor, and Vodacom
(Pty) Ltd, a telecommunications company in South Africa. Makate claimed that he had invented and
proposed a concept to Vodacom for a service called "Please Call Me." This service would allow
Vodacom customers to send a free text message to another customer requesting a call back. Makate
