Members of the #PleaseCallMeMovement have taken to the streets on 31 January, outside the gates of Vodacom’s offices in Midrand.
Vodacom has not yet paid a former employee best known for inventing the Please Call Me concept, Nkosana Makate.
Makate and Vodacom have been in a battle regarding a settlement for years, and in 2016, the Constitutional Court ruled that the mobile company must pay Makate.
The two parties have met on numerous occasions to try and reach a settlement but, to date, no amount has been agreed upon.
The movement also protested last year on Mandela Day, 18 July. More updates will follow as information becomes available.
Journalist, Andrei van Wyk, reports from the scene:
Tussles at the gate between #PleaseCallMeMovement and police #Midrand #Joburg #SouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/9UaVtiLdsQ
— Midrand Reporter (@MidrandReporter) January 31, 2019
Protesters telling police to let them onto the property @MidrandReporter pic.twitter.com/wt5bQutlIo
— Andrei Van Wyk (@AndreiVW) January 31, 2019
@MidrandReporter pic.twitter.com/xzE8a5tqFV
— Andrei Van Wyk (@AndreiVW) January 31, 2019
Protest outside @Vodacom midrand @MidrandReporter #PleaseCallMe pic.twitter.com/PMfCVTicYy
— Andrei Van Wyk (@AndreiVW) January 31, 2019
Protest has begun and is currently quite peaceful. Police guarding the Midrand Offices of @vodacom ahead of the #ShutDownVodacom protest @MidrandReporter pic.twitter.com/0jzI7Ug2so
— Andrei Van Wyk (@AndreiVW) January 31, 2019
@Vodacom offices in Midrand where a heavily armed group of police have gathered as the protests begin @MidrandReporter pic.twitter.com/3dUIm9nrGg
— Andrei Van Wyk (@AndreiVW) January 31, 2019
