DTC
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DTC - Datatec Limited - Purchase Of Treasury Shares                             
DATATEC LIMITED                                                                 
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000017745                                                              
Share Code: DTC                                                                 
PURCHASE OF TREASURY SHARES                                                     
In Compliance with the AIM Rules, the following information is disclosed:       
Datatec Limited announces the purchase today of 232,946 ordinary ZAR0.01 shares 
by the Datatec Limited Share Incentive Trust 2005 ("the Trust") to be held as   
treasury shares for future settlement of the Company`s obligations under        
employee share incentive schemes.                                               
Following this purchases the total number of shares held as treasury shares by  
the Trust is 1,697,065 and the number of shares in issue excluding such treasury
shares is 168,130,346.                                                          
19 February 2008                                                                
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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