CMY3701 Assignment 1 (DETAILED ANSWERS Semester 1 2026 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

CMY3701 Assignment 1 (DETAILED ANSWERS Semester 1 2026 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references.. This is an individual assessment, NOT group work. Please refrain from contacting your fellow students while completing the assessment. A 35-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Mokopane Regional Court for the murder of her twin sister at Ga Mogotlane village in Limpopo. According to Limpopo police spokesperson, Brigadier Hlulani Mahaba, Tshepho Mogoshadi Mphahlele was found guilty of brutally killing her twin sister on 18 January 2023. “During the trial, the court heard how the accused attacked her twin sister after they got into a heated argument and she stabbed her with a knife several times until she died at their residence,” Mashaba said. After the murder, Mphahlele chopped her sister’s body up with an axe, before fleeing the scene. Source: J. Maromo (2023). Woman sentenced to 15 years in jail for brutal murder of her twin sister, chopping her body with an axe. Multimedia Journalist (IOL News), 06 December 2023. Available at: The incident occurred last night at about 21:00. Reportedly, Mphosela was attacked in her house in the Ikgomotseng township. The assailant is a 21-year-old male. He was arrested shortly after fatally stabbing Mphosela. The motive of the teacher’s murder is unknown at this stage. Howard Ndaba, spokesperson of the department, said the assailant was a Gr. 12 learner who was taught mathematics and physical science by the deceased teacher. He said the MEC of Education, Tate Makgoe, has commended the police’s prompt arrest of the suspect, adding that he will be visiting the teacher’s bereaved family in Botshabelo the next day. According to Nameng Sehloho, the school principal, Mphosela was an extremely hard-working and committed teacher, referring to the Gr. 12 results from the previous three years. “In 2019 the pass rate for physical science was 85%, then 82% in 2020, and 84.2% in 2021. We have lost a consummate educator, a fountain of knowledge and a paragon of the noble teaching profession,” said Sehloho. Source: T. Setena. Killing of teacher by learner sends shockwaves. Bloem EXPRESS available at: (accessed on 25 June 2025). Based on scientific literature and the newspaper article above, answer question 1.2 SECTION A QUESTION 1 1.1. Critically discuss the Rational Choice Theoryy. (20) 1.2 Explain the learner’s deviant behaviour reported in the newspaper article above by applying the social disorganisation theory. (05) Read less