DTC
 DTC                                                                             
Datatec - Final Earnings Update for the Financial Year Ended 28 February 2006   
DATATEC LIMITED                                                                 
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1994/005004/06)                                            
(Share code: DTC)                                                               
(ISIN: ZAE000017745)                                                            
("Datatec" or "the Company")                                                    
FINAL EARNINGS UPDATE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2006             
Shareholders are advised that, for the year ended 28 February 2006, headline    
earnings are expected to be 26.9 US cents per share and attributable earnings   
are expected to be 26.5 US cents per share, compared to the headline earnings   
range of 24 to 26 US cents per share and the attributable earnings range of 18  
to 22 US cents per share previously advised in the trading statement released on
SENS on 10 March 2006.                                                          
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been 
reviewed and reported on by the Company"s auditors.                             
Datatec is currently finalising its results for the financial year ended 28     
February 2006 which are expected to be released on SENS on Tuesday, 16 May 2006.
Sandton                                                                         
11 May 2006                                                                     
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
Date: 11/05/2006 05:02:03 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department