Net1 Provides Further Update on Sassa Tender Process

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwire - Dec. 21, 2007) - Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. ("Net1" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:UEPS) today announced that it has received a Notice to Bidders from the South African Social Security Agency ("SASSA") in terms of which all Bidders are required to provide SASSA with further details of their financial proposals in a standard format provided in the Notice to Bidders by no later than December 28, 2007. We intend to submit the required information in accordance with the Notice to Bidders and our response to the Request for Proposal.


Net1 provides its universal electronic payment system, or UEPS, as an alternative payment system for the unbanked and under-banked populations of developing economies. The Company believes that it is the first company worldwide to implement a system that can enable the estimated four billion people who generally have limited or no access to a bank account to enter affordably into electronic transactions with each other, government agencies, employers, merchants and other financial service providers. To accomplish this, the Company has developed and deployed the UEPS. This system uses secure smart cards that operate in real-time but offline, unlike traditional payment systems offered by major banking institutions that require immediate access through a communications network to a centralized computer. This offline capability means that users of Net1's system can enter into transactions at any time with other cardholders in even the most remote areas so long as a portable offline smart card reader is available. In addition to payments and purchases, Net1's system can be used for banking, health care management, international money transfers, voting and identification.

The Company also focuses on the development and provision of secure transaction technology, solutions and services. The Company's core competencies around secure online transaction processing, cryptography and integrated circuit card (chip/smart card) technologies are principally applied to electronic commerce transactions in the telecommunications, banking, retail, petroleum and utilities market sectors. These technologies form the cornerstones of the "trusted transactions" environment of Prism, a South African based subsidiary of the Company, and provide the Company with the building blocks for developing secure end-to-end payment solutions.