The arbitration‚ which is yet to be set down‚ is to resolve a dispute between Makate and Christiaan Schoeman‚ who claims that he and his company Raining Men paid for Makate’s legal fees when he took the cellular phone giant to court for using his “please call me” idea without compensating him as per an oral agreement he had reached with the company’s director of product development.
Schoeman says he and other funders are planning to sue Makate for paying his legal fees.
Makate‚ however‚ claims in his affidavit submitted to court that Schoeman had only paid R2.4-million for his legal fees.
He said he agreed to a reduced 53% cut of any settlement from Vodacom‚ but Schoeman failed to deliver on his promises.
The former Vodacom employee said he cancelled their agreement in January 2015 and did not accept Schoeman’s proposal for new funding.
