A Los Angeles couple turned their grief into a public outpouring of love as they wheeled their terminally ill dog, Gracie, along her favorite stretch of Sunset Boulevard for what they called her “best ...

Litigation funder Black Rock Mining has failed in its attempt to put a freeze on 40% of Please Call Me founder Kenneth Makate’s winnings from Vodacom. On Monday (8 December 2025), Judge Don Mahon of ...

The Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, has dismissed an urgent application by Black Rock Mining and investor Errol Elson to preserve 40% of “Please Call Me” Nkosana Kenneth Makate’s Vodacom payout. The ...

Nkosana Makate’s former backers claim that they provided over R5 million in funding for the Please Call Me idea-man’s case against Vodacom, before a conflict with his attorneys caused them to be ...

Annaliese Holland, diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder, has chosen voluntary assisted dying after a lifetime of relentless pain and organ failure. Despite years of fighting and surviving sepsis ...

Please call me inventor Nkosana Makate will not be receiving his full payout from Vodacom until the dispute with his previous legal funder is resolved. Makate’s former legal funder Black Rock Mining ...

Stephen Grootes interviews to Jan Vermeulen, Editor at MyBroadband, about the urgent court bid by UK investor Errol Elsdon, who claims Black Rock Mining is entitled to 40% of Nkosana Makate’s Vodacom ...

Just when the Please Call Me inventor thought his days in court were over after reaching a settlement with Vodacom, he is gearing up to fight a firm that is demanding 40% of the payout. Black Rock ...

They might not be an obvious pairing but Nkosana Makate and Elon Musk have quite a lot in common. They were born in the same country, they are incredibly clever, they are also inventors and, as of ...

Black Rock Mining has re-emerged to lay claim to 40% of Vodacom’s multimillion-rand settlement with Please Call Me idea-man Nkosana Kenneth Makate. The company, represented by SN Mnguni Attorneys Inc.

During his Blind Audition on The Voice season 28, which aired on October 6, 2025, Louisiana native Dustin Dale Gaspard received a rare four-chair turn from all the coaches after performing Sam Cooke’s ...