DTC
 DTC                                                                             
Datatec - Grant and acceptance of rights to participate in Share Incentive Plans
Datatec Limited                                                                 
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000017745                                                              
Share Code: DTC                                                                 
("Datatec" or "the Group")                                                      
GRANT AND ACCEPTANCE OF RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARE INCENTIVE PLANS          
Executive directors and the company secretary have been granted rights on 17 May
2006 to participate in the Group"s share based incentive plans as follows:      
Share appreciation rights, which are subject to performance conditions and vest 
after three years, at a grant price of R27.22.                                  
J P Montanana  187 482 rights (indirect beneficial)                             
D B Pfaff      74 963 rights (indirect beneficial)                              
I P Dittrich   23 093 rights (direct beneficial)                                
Long term incentive plan awards, which are subject to performance conditions and
vest after three years.                                                         
J P Montanana  187 482 conditional awards (indirect beneficial)                 
D B Pfaff       56 222 conditional awards (indirect beneficial)                 
I P Dittrich    18 145 conditional awards (direct beneficial)                   
All rights and rewards are subject to the rules of the respective share         
incentive plans, as approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting held 
on 16 August 2005.                                                              
Approval for the individual allocations and clearance to transact has been      
given.                                                                          
All these individual allocations as indicated above have been accepted by the   
directors and the company secretary respectively on 17 May 2006.                
Sandton                                                                         
19 May 2006                                                                     
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
Date: 19/05/2006 05:00:03 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department