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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001062993-19-004537
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191120
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191120

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041514
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FUNCTIONS RELATED TO DEPOSITORY BANKING, NEC [6099]
		IRS NUMBER:				980171860
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-31203
		FILM NUMBER:		191233308

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4TH FLOOR, PRESIDENT PLACE
		STREET 2:		CNR. JAN SMUTS & BOLTON
		CITY:			ROSEBANK, JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		27 11 343 2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4TH FLOOR, PRESIDENT PLACE
		STREET 2:		CNR. JAN SMUTS & BOLTON
		CITY:			ROSEBANK, JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			00000
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    <title>Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.: Form 8-K - Filed by newsfilecorp.com</title>
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    <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></font></p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></font></p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">___________________________</p>
    <p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font></p>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>
    <p style="text-align: center;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160; November 20, 2019</p>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</b></font></p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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                <p style="text-align: center;"><b>000-31203</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p style="text-align: center;"><b>98-0171860</b></p>
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                <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction</p>
                <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">of incorporation)</p>
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            <td style="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">(Commission</p>
                <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">File Number)</p>
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                <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">(IRS Employer</p>
                <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">Identification No.)</p>
                <p style="text-align: center;">&#160;</p>
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    <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>President Place, 4</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b> Floor, Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road</b></p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa</b></p>
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                <p style="text-align: center;">(Address of principal executive offices)</p>
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            <td style="width: 24%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p style="text-align: center;">(ZIP Code)</p>
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    <p style="text-align: justify;">Registrant's telephone number, including area code:&#160; +<b>27-11-343-2000</b></p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">[ ]<font style="width: 8.84pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">[ ]<font style="width: 8.84pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">[ ]<font style="width: 8.84pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">[ ]<font style="width: 8.84pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</p>
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                <p style="text-align: center;">Title of each class</p>
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            <td style="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center;">Trading Symbol(s)</p>
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            <td style="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Name of each exchange</p>
                <p style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">on which registered</p>
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                <p style="text-align: center;">Common stock, par value $0.001 per share</p>
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            <td style="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p style="text-align: center;">UEPS</p>
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            <td style="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p style="text-align: center;">NASDAQ Global Select Market</p>
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    <p style="text-align: justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167; 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167; 240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>
    <p style="text-align: right;">Emerging growth company [ ]</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]</p>
    <hr style="page-break-after: always; text-align: center;" width="100%" size="5" color="black" noshade="noshade"><a name="page_2"></a>
    <p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Item 5.07.&#160; Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</b></p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">The annual meeting of shareholders of Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") was held on November 20, 2019.</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Proposal No. 1-Election of Directors</b></u></p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">All director nominees were elected and the votes cast were as follows:</p>
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                <p style="border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Director</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Votes for</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><br><b>Votes withheld</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Broker non-votes</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Herman G. Kotz&#233;</p>
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            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">27,069,353</p>
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            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">9,563,454</p>
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            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
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            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Alex M.R. Smith</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">26,142,621</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">10,490,186</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
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            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Christopher S. Seabrooke</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">19,912,842</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">16,719,965</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
            </td>
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        <tr style="height: 4pt;">
            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Alasdair J.K. Pein</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">25,294,961</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">11,337,846</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
            </td>
        </tr>
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            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Paul Edwards</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">25,860,432</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">10,772,375</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
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            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Alfred T. Mockett</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">25,599,822</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">11,032,985</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
            </td>
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        <tr style="height: 4pt;">
            <td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>Ekta Singh-Bushell</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">25,381,354</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">11,251,453</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 13%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">-</p>
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    <p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Proposal No. 2-Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</b></u></p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">The ratification of the selection of Deloitte &amp; Touche (South Africa) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, was approved and the votes cast were as follows:</p>
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            <td style="width: 65%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;" colspan="2">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Votes cast</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>&#160;</p>
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            <td style="width: 27%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>For</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 31%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Against</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Abstain</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 27%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">36,490,207</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 31%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">141,029</p>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">1,571</p>
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    <p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Proposal No. 3-A Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation</b></u></p>
    <p style="text-align: justify;">The compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, and the votes cast were as follows:</p>
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                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Votes cast</b></p>
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                <p>&#160;</p>
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            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p>&#160;</p>
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            <td style="width: 19%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>For</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Against</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Abstain</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #000000;"><b>Broker non-votes</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 19%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">26,763,837</p>
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            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">9,837,846</p>
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            <td style="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">31,124</p>
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            <td style="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom;">
                <p style="text-align: right;">0</p>
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    <p style="text-align: center;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>
    <p style="text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p>
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                <p>&#160;</p>
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                <p><b>NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</b></p>
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            <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p>Date: November 20, 2019</p>
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            <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: top;">
                <p style="margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: -17.1pt;">By: <u>/s/ Alex M.R. Smith </u></p>
                <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: -17.1pt;">Name: Alex M.R. Smith</p>
                <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-left: 30.6pt; text-indent: -30.6pt;">Title:&#160; Chief Financial Officer</p>
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                <p>&#160;</p>
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