Errol Elsdon offered a stake in a separate court case as security for funding Nkosana Makate’s Please Call Me battle, but the trust says he had no agreement with it.
Errol Elsdon, who claims he is entitled to 40% of Nkosana Makate’s ‘winnings’, vanished from the Please Call Me story for years, then reappeared as the face of a company few can verify exists.
Cell C's R12.6bn Turnaround | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 17-22 August 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Cell C added 1.3 million subscribers and cut net debt by 64% in its first full year as a JSE-listed company, with group revenue climbing to R12.64 billion. Meanwhile, Standard Bank is shifting from just using AI tools to becoming a fully AI-enabled organisation, with more than 39 000 staff, 72% of its workforce, now active generative AI users.
Raining Men has been in business rescue since 2019, but the man who stepped into the shoes of its directors has a troubled history.
Court papers show how Nkosana Makate’s early funders turned against each other, trading conspiracy claims and alleging a hidden romance over who gets a cut.
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate says Errol Elsdon’s defamation threat is baseless, as the decades-long legal battle takes another twist.