RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
FOR LAW AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
IRM1501ASSIGNMENT TWO
APRIL 29, 2025
Opened: Friday, 4 April 2025, 8:00 AM
Due: Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:00 PM
, ASSIGNMENT TWO
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).
(20MARKS)
Here’s your answer for IRM1501 Assignment Two on the case
Makate v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd in the prescribed format. Makate v
Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (CCT52/15) [2016] ZACC 13
1. Facts
Nkosana Makate, a former Vodacom employee, developed the
idea for the "Please Call Me" service in 2000, which allows
users with no airtime to send a free message asking the
recipient to call them. Makate proposed the idea to his superior,
Mr. Geissler, Vodacom’s Director of Product Development.