Report of independent auditors

TO THE MEMBERS OF DATATEC LIMITED 

We have audited the annual financial statements and group annual financial statements of Datatec Limited, which comprise the directors' report, the balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheet as at 29 February 2008, the income statement and the consolidated income statement, the statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of changes in equity and cash‑flow statement and the consolidated cash-flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes, as set out in the Director's report onwards.

Directors' responsibility for the financial statements 
The Company's directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and in the manner required by the Companies Act of South Africa. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances. 

Auditors' responsibility 
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors' consider internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting principles used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. 

Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and of the Group as at 29 February 2008, and of their financial performance and their cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and in the manner required by the Companies Act of South Africa.

Deloitte & Touche 
Registered Auditors 

Per I T Marshall 
Partner 

13 May 2008 

Buildings 1 and 2 
Deloitte Place 
The Woodlands 
Woodlands Drive 
Woodmead Sandton 
Docex 10 Johannesburg 
Private Bag X6 
Gallo Manor 2052 
South Africa 

National Executive: G G Gelink Chief Executive A E Swiegers Chief Operating Officer G M Pinnock Audit D L Kennedy Tax & Legal and Financial Advisory L Geeringh Consulting L Bam Corporate Finance C R Beukman Finance T J Brown Clients & Markets N T Mtoba Chairman of the Board 

A full list of partners and directors is available on request.