Ndabeni-Abrahams, appointed to the post in late November, took to social media Monday and intervened in a dispute between Vodacom Group Ltd. and a former employee, Kenneth Makate, who was claiming compensation for developing a popular call-back service. While Vodacom says its followed court recommendations in trying to settle the dispute, the 40-year-old minister disagreed.
"Just shut up Vodacom and do the right thing," she said on Twitter, before deleting the comment. "Talk to Makate instead of the poor PR stunt. Don't talk to us until you have reached a settlement with him and his team."