Netcare / Netpartner - Postponement Of The Sanctioning Of The

Netcare / Netpartner - Postponement Of The Sanctioning Of The                   
                       Scheme Of Arrangement                                    
Netpartner Investments Limited                                                  
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 2003/014215/06)                                            
("Netpartner")                                                                  
Network Healthcare Holdings Limited                                             
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1996/008242/06)                                            
JSE code: NTC                                                                   
ISIN: ZAE000011953                                                              
("Netcare")                                                                     
POSTPONEMENT OF THE SANCTIONING OF THE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT                    
Netpartner shareholders are referred to the announcement released on the        
Securities Exchange News Service ("SENS") on Tuesday, 4 July 2006 and published 
in the South African press on Wednesday, 5 July 2006 where it was announced that
Netpartner shareholders had approved the scheme of arrangement ("the scheme")   
proposed by Netcare in terms of section 311 of the Companies Act, No. 61 of     
1973, as amended, between Netpartner and its shareholders, other than Netcare   
and its subsidiaries.                                                           
Netpartner shareholders are advised that, as the subscription by Netpartner for 
shares in Lethimvula Investments Limited ("the subscription") and the           
distribution of those shares to Netpartner shareholders ("the distribution") had
not been implemented, and Competition Tribunal approval for the implementation  
of the scheme had not been obtained, by Tuesday, 25 July 2006, the application  
to sanction the scheme was postponed by the High Court of South Africa          
(Witwatersrand Local Division) to Tuesday, 26 September 2006 or a date prior to 
26 September 2006 which is not more than three weeks after the date on which    
approval from the Competition Tribunal for the implementation of the scheme is  
obtained, in the event that such approval is obtained on or before Wednesday, 13
September 2006.                                                                 
Netpartner expects Competition Tribunal approval for the scheme to be           
implemented to be obtained in late August or early September 2006.              
In the event that Competition Tribunal approval for the implementation of the   
scheme has been obtained on or before Wednesday, 13 September 2006, and the     
subscription and distribution have been implemented, the application to sanction
the scheme will be set down for hearing as soon as possible thereafter and      
Netpartner will publish details of the Competition Tribunal approval and the    
date of the hearing of the application to sanction the scheme in the Business   
Day and Die Beeld newspapers at least one week prior to the hearing.            
A further announcement regarding the final salient dates and times of the scheme
will be released on SENS and published in the South African press in due course.
Sandton                                                                         
Wednesday, 26 July 2006                                                         
Independent adviser, corporate      Corporate adviser to Netcare                
adviser and transactional sponsor                                               
to Netpartner                                                                   
Nedbank Capital                     KPMG                                        
Legal adviser to Netpartner and     Legal adviser to Netcare                    
attorneys to the scheme                                                         
Cliffe Dekker Inc.                  HR Levin Attorneys, Notaries and            
Conveyancers                                

Reporting accountants and auditors  Sponsor to Netcare                          
to Netpartner and Netcare                                                       
PKF (Jhb) Inc.                      Merrill Lynch South Africa                  
(Proprietary) Limited                       

Corporate adviser to Netpartner                                                 
i capital advisers (Proprietary)                                                
Limited                                                                         
Date: 26/07/2006 04:48:07 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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