LAH3701
Assignment PACK
2018-2022
Tut 201 Letters
Questions. Answers
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4.2 Assessment questions and answers
4.2.1 LAH3701 COMPULSORY ASSESSMENT 1 FOR 2022
FIRST SEMESTER 2022
ASSESSMENT 01
CLOSING DATE Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 6:00 PM
UNIQUE NUMBER 787594
WEIGHT 10%
Question 1
1.1 Briefly indicate what category of land reform is relevant in the following examples:
1.1.1 Mr Des Criminated claims monetary compensation because he was dispossessed
of land in terms of the Group Areas Act 36 of 1966. (2)
ANSWER: Land restitution (See page 63 of your Study guide)
1.1.2 Mr City Slicker applies for an LRAD grant to purchase land and agricultural
implements. (2)
ANSWER: Land redistribution (See pages 60 to 61 of your Study guide)
1.1.3 Mrs Mary Myland, an owner of a piece of land, wants to evict Mr Donot Wannago,
who occupies her land without her consent. (2)
ANSWER: Land tenure reform (See page 62 of your Study guide)
Instructor comments
This question was answered correctly by most students. A majority thereof did
not however give due attention to getting the spelling correct and therefore
permutations thereof ranged from Land tenature, Land tenture, Land turner to
Land tuner, Land distribution, land restoration etc. This of course resulted in most
students obtaining 1 point/mark instead of the full 2 points/marks
1.2 Name any six (6) different forms of land tenure rights (other than ownership) that were
applicable in South Africa prior to the year 1991. (12)
ANSWER: leasehold, quitrent, deed-of-grant rights, permission-to-occupy (PTO)
certificates, customary law land rights, communal tenure, sharecropping, labour
tenancy Tribal Land Resolution (See pages 3,5, and 42 of your Study guide)
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Instructor comments
By the same token this question was also answered correctly by most students
and the spelling errors were far and in between. Similarly, a point/mark was lost
to those who committed the typographical error.
1.3 In your own words define a Permission to Occupy (PTO) certificate (2)
CLOSE/PROPOSED ANSWER: A PTO is a certificate granted by the government to
certain rural and un-surveyed land. A PTO is not a title deed and does not confer
ownership. A PTO allows the person given the right to live on a particular plot of
land. (See page 47 of your Study guide)
Instructor comments
It appears that most students chose to approach this question by going verbatim on
the contents of the guide, and thereby reproducing the whole paragraph relating to
PTOs as contained in the study guide. It was therefore a mission for the marker to
search through the whole discussion to establish the correct answer. The students
were nevertheless allocated points/marks on their answers.
Total: [20]
4.2.2 LAH3701 COMPULSORY QUIZ ASSESSMENT 2 FOR 2022
Instructor comments
Most answers provided on the questions in this quiz were way off the mark. The quiz
instructions appear to have been misunderstood by a considerable number of
students leading to low points being obtained by several students who failed to
comply with the given instructions. The correct answers are however highlighted in
yellow below.
1. Which statement does not correctly reflect the facts of the Constitutional Court case of
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd
and Another (CCT 37/11) [2011] ZACC 33; 2012 (2) BCLR 150 (CC) (1 December 2011)?
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a) Eighty-one adults and five children occupied a property called “Saratoga Avenue” in
Berea in the city of Johannesburg.
b) The property comprised old and dilapidated commercial premises with office space, a
factory building and garages.
c) One child had a disability, two adults were pensioners and a number of the households
were headed by women.
d) Many of the occupiers sent their full income to family members in other parts of the
country.
2. Indicate the correct option.
On 25 May 2006 and in the context of the Constitutional Court case of City of Johannesburg
Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd and Another (CCT 37/11)
[2011] ZACC 33; 2012 (2) BCLR 150 (CC) (1 December 2011), Blue Moonlight commenced
proceedings to evict the 86 occupiers from Saratoga Avenue in terms of the Prevention of
Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (PIE). The occupiers
opposed the eviction on the basis that …
(a) they (the occupiers) would be rendered homeless.
(b) Blue Moonlight lacked legal capacity to sue for eviction.
(c) Blue Moonlight issued an unlawful notice to evict.
(d) they (the occupiers) had signed valid contracts of lease.
3. Which statement does not correctly explain why land is of central importance in South
Africa?
(a) Land is a national asset.
(b) Land is a scarce commodity.
(c) Land can be traded privately.
(d) Land is a fragile asset.
4. Which of the following people are excluded from the category of the earliest inhabitants
of South Africa who had a connection with land that was related to food?
(a) The hunter-gatherers or the San.
(b) The Dutch or other European settlers.
(c) The pastoralists or the Khoikhoi.
(d) The agriculturalists or Bantu language speakers.
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Assignment PACK
2018-2022
Tut 201 Letters
Questions. Answers
, lOMoARcPSD|7932096
4.2 Assessment questions and answers
4.2.1 LAH3701 COMPULSORY ASSESSMENT 1 FOR 2022
FIRST SEMESTER 2022
ASSESSMENT 01
CLOSING DATE Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 6:00 PM
UNIQUE NUMBER 787594
WEIGHT 10%
Question 1
1.1 Briefly indicate what category of land reform is relevant in the following examples:
1.1.1 Mr Des Criminated claims monetary compensation because he was dispossessed
of land in terms of the Group Areas Act 36 of 1966. (2)
ANSWER: Land restitution (See page 63 of your Study guide)
1.1.2 Mr City Slicker applies for an LRAD grant to purchase land and agricultural
implements. (2)
ANSWER: Land redistribution (See pages 60 to 61 of your Study guide)
1.1.3 Mrs Mary Myland, an owner of a piece of land, wants to evict Mr Donot Wannago,
who occupies her land without her consent. (2)
ANSWER: Land tenure reform (See page 62 of your Study guide)
Instructor comments
This question was answered correctly by most students. A majority thereof did
not however give due attention to getting the spelling correct and therefore
permutations thereof ranged from Land tenature, Land tenture, Land turner to
Land tuner, Land distribution, land restoration etc. This of course resulted in most
students obtaining 1 point/mark instead of the full 2 points/marks
1.2 Name any six (6) different forms of land tenure rights (other than ownership) that were
applicable in South Africa prior to the year 1991. (12)
ANSWER: leasehold, quitrent, deed-of-grant rights, permission-to-occupy (PTO)
certificates, customary law land rights, communal tenure, sharecropping, labour
tenancy Tribal Land Resolution (See pages 3,5, and 42 of your Study guide)
6
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LAH3701/201
Instructor comments
By the same token this question was also answered correctly by most students
and the spelling errors were far and in between. Similarly, a point/mark was lost
to those who committed the typographical error.
1.3 In your own words define a Permission to Occupy (PTO) certificate (2)
CLOSE/PROPOSED ANSWER: A PTO is a certificate granted by the government to
certain rural and un-surveyed land. A PTO is not a title deed and does not confer
ownership. A PTO allows the person given the right to live on a particular plot of
land. (See page 47 of your Study guide)
Instructor comments
It appears that most students chose to approach this question by going verbatim on
the contents of the guide, and thereby reproducing the whole paragraph relating to
PTOs as contained in the study guide. It was therefore a mission for the marker to
search through the whole discussion to establish the correct answer. The students
were nevertheless allocated points/marks on their answers.
Total: [20]
4.2.2 LAH3701 COMPULSORY QUIZ ASSESSMENT 2 FOR 2022
Instructor comments
Most answers provided on the questions in this quiz were way off the mark. The quiz
instructions appear to have been misunderstood by a considerable number of
students leading to low points being obtained by several students who failed to
comply with the given instructions. The correct answers are however highlighted in
yellow below.
1. Which statement does not correctly reflect the facts of the Constitutional Court case of
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd
and Another (CCT 37/11) [2011] ZACC 33; 2012 (2) BCLR 150 (CC) (1 December 2011)?
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a) Eighty-one adults and five children occupied a property called “Saratoga Avenue” in
Berea in the city of Johannesburg.
b) The property comprised old and dilapidated commercial premises with office space, a
factory building and garages.
c) One child had a disability, two adults were pensioners and a number of the households
were headed by women.
d) Many of the occupiers sent their full income to family members in other parts of the
country.
2. Indicate the correct option.
On 25 May 2006 and in the context of the Constitutional Court case of City of Johannesburg
Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd and Another (CCT 37/11)
[2011] ZACC 33; 2012 (2) BCLR 150 (CC) (1 December 2011), Blue Moonlight commenced
proceedings to evict the 86 occupiers from Saratoga Avenue in terms of the Prevention of
Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (PIE). The occupiers
opposed the eviction on the basis that …
(a) they (the occupiers) would be rendered homeless.
(b) Blue Moonlight lacked legal capacity to sue for eviction.
(c) Blue Moonlight issued an unlawful notice to evict.
(d) they (the occupiers) had signed valid contracts of lease.
3. Which statement does not correctly explain why land is of central importance in South
Africa?
(a) Land is a national asset.
(b) Land is a scarce commodity.
(c) Land can be traded privately.
(d) Land is a fragile asset.
4. Which of the following people are excluded from the category of the earliest inhabitants
of South Africa who had a connection with land that was related to food?
(a) The hunter-gatherers or the San.
(b) The Dutch or other European settlers.
(c) The pastoralists or the Khoikhoi.
(d) The agriculturalists or Bantu language speakers.
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