PVL1501/101/3/2024

Tutorial Letter 101/3/2024

Law of Persons
PVL1501

Semesters 1 and 2

Department of Private Law

This tutorial letter contains important information about your module.

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1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES ................................................................................... 4
2.1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Outcomes .................................................................................................................. 4
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION........................................................................ 5
4 CONTACTING THE UNIVERSITY VIA EMAIL ......................................................... 5
4.1 Lecturer(s) ................................................................................................................. 6
4.2 Department................................................................................................................ 7
4.3 College of Law Information Centre ............................................................................ 7
4.4 University .................................................................................................................. 7
5 RESOURCES............................................................................................................ 8
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .................................................................................................... 8
5.2 Recommended book(s) ............................................................................................. 8
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ................................................................................ 8
5.4 Library services and resources information................................................................ 8
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES .......................................................................... 10
6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme ......................................................... 10
6.2 Companies falsely advertising Unisa services ......................................................... 11
7 STUDY PLAN ......................................................................................................... 12
8 PRACTICAL WORK ............................................................................................... 12
9 ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................ 12
9.1 Assessment criteria ................................................................................................. 12
9.2 Assessment plan ..................................................................................................... 12
9.3 Assessment due dates ............................................................................................ 12
9.4 Submission of assessments .................................................................................... 13
9.5 The assessments .................................................................................................... 14
9.6 The examination ...................................................................................................... 14
9.6.1 Invigilation/proctoring............................................................................................... 14
10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ..................................................................................... 15
10.1 Plagiarism ............................................................................................................... 15
10.2 Cheating .................................................................................................................. 15
10.3 Academic matters .................................................................................................... 16
10.4 Administrative matters ............................................................................................. 16
11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .............................................................. 16
12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ..................................................................... 17
13 IN CLOSING ........................................................................................................... 17

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Dear Student

1 INTRODUCTION

Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (ODeL) higher education

institution. The comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates a range of offerings,
from strictly vocational to strictly academic certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa’s
“openness” and its distance eLearning character result in many students registering
at Unisa who may not have had an opportunity to enrol in higher education. Our ODeL
character implies that our programmes are carefully planned and structured to ensure
success for students ranging from the under-prepared but with potential to the
sufficiently prepared.

Teaching and learning in a ODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery ranging
from blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate
programmes are offered fully online with no printed study materials, while
undergraduate programmes are offered in a blended mode of delivery where printed
study materials are augmented with online teaching and learning via the learner
management system – myUnisa. In some instances, undergraduate programmes are
offered fully online as well.

Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the
University. As a result of Unisa’s commitment to serve humanity and shape futures
combined with a clear appreciation of our location on the African continent, Unisa's
graduates have distinctive graduate qualities which include:

• independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens who are able to fulfil and
serve in multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national and global
communities
• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its
histories, challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts
• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of
information and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-
increasing information and data flows and competing worldviews
• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and
creatively to solve real-life problems
• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future
potential

Whether a module is offered either as blended (meaning that we use a combination of

printed and online material to engage with you) or online (all information is available
via the internet), we use myUnisa as our virtual campus. This is an online system that
is used to administer, document and deliver educational material to you and support
engagement with you. Look out for information from your lecturer as well as other
Unisa platforms to determine how to access the virtual myUnisa module site.
Information on the tools that will be available to engage with the lecturer and fellow
students to support your learning will also be communicated via various platforms. You
are encouraged to log into the module site on myUnisa regularly (that is, at least twice
per week).

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WELCOME TO THE LAW OF PERSONS MODULE (PVL1501)

Welcome to the module PVL1501! We trust that you will enjoy the module.

There are two very important aspects regarding the Law of Persons module
(PVL1501) that you need to take note of from the very beginning:

● Tuition and delivery of study material in this module are blended

We follow a blended approach in the tuition and delivery of the study material
for PVL1501, meaning that we use a combination of printed and online
material on the learner management system, myUnisa to engage with you.

● Familiarise yourself with myUnisa and the PVL1501 module site

Browse the Unisa website for crucially important information and familiarise
yourself with the homepage or landing page of myUnisa and the module site
for PVL1501. You will find all the information that you need to start with this
module here. We are very active on the PVL1501 module site. As stated in
section 1, you must log into the PVL1501 module site on myUnisa
regularly.

2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES

2.1 Purpose

The purpose of this module is for students to gain knowledge, skills and attitudes to
analyse and solve well-defined problems relating to the law of persons (including the
beginning and end of legal personality, and factors that affect a person’s status) in
South Africa. The module incorporates aspects of transformative constitutionalism,
Ubuntu, social responsibility, graduateness and humanisation within the context of the
law of persons.

2.2 Outcomes

A range of tasks in study guides and/or tutorial letters, assignments, and examinations
will show that students have achieved the outcomes.

Outcome 1:

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the legal principles of the South African law of
persons, including the beginning and end of legal personality and factors that affect a
person’s status.

Assessment criteria:

Legal problems and issues relating to the law of persons are identified in real or
simulated factual scenarios.

Terms, rules, concepts, established principles and theories related to the law of
persons are understood.

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Students demonstrate an awareness of the value of the law of persons in the field of
private law.

Legal material related to the law of persons is critically analysed.

Information is presented and communicated reliably and coherently in professionally
accepted formats using basic information technology.

Outcome 2:

Formulate legal arguments and apply their knowledge to practical, well-defined

problems relating to the law of persons.

Assessment criteria:

Well-defined problems relating to the law of persons are solved using correct
procedures and appropriate evidence.

Information is presented and communicated reliably and coherently in professionally

accepted formats using basic information technology.

Legal text is skilfully used to substantiate arguments and support solutions for specific
law of persons issues.

3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter, in terms of which the university has
placed curriculum transformation high on the teaching and learning agenda.
Curriculum transformation includes student-centred scholarship, the pedagogical
renewal of teaching and assessment practices, the scholarship of teaching and
learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and philosophies. All of these will
be phased in at both programme and module levels, and as a result of this you will
notice a marked change in the teaching and learning strategy implemented by Unisa,
together with the way in which the content is conceptualised in your modules. We
encourage you to embrace these changes during your studies at Unisa in a responsive
way within the framework of transformation.

4 CONTACTING THE UNIVERSITY VIA EMAIL

To assist Unisa to safeguard your personal information, please ensure that you only
use your myLife e-mail account when communicating with the university. We will not
be responding to any emails sent from private email addresses.

By using your myLife e-mail account, the university has a reasonable assurance that
we are communicating with you, as your e-mail address contains your student number
and you use your login credentials to access the account.

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Unisa may only communicate with a student using a private e-mail address under
the following circumstances:

• New applicants who are enquiring about information for the purpose of
applying for admission.
• New applicants who do not yet have a myLife e-mail account, because they
have been admitted but not yet registered.
• Where a student requires assistance in resolving myLife e-mail account
access problems.

Please be aware that any personal information you publish on public platforms, such
as social media platforms and WhatsApp groups, is not covered by the provisions of
Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. Any personal information published
in the public domain is not considered private and can, therefore be accessed by
external parties with access to such platforms.

4.1 Lecturer(s)

The following lecturers are responsible for the module PVL1501:

Prof S Ferreira
Cas van Vuuren 6-49
Telephone number: 012 429-8717
Email: [email protected]

Prof JM Kruger
Cas van Vuuren 6-10
Telephone number: 012 429-8502
Email: [email protected]

Dr CS van der Westhuizen

Cas van Vuuren 6-19
Telephone number: 012 429-8525
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. GC Masia
Cas van Vuuren 6-03
Telephone number: 012 429-6209
Email: [email protected]

All queries that are not of a purely administrative nature but are about the content of
this module should be directed to us. You may contact us by e-mail, telephone or on
myUnisa. Please have your study material and student number with you when you
contact us.

➢ Telephone numbers are included above, and you may phone us at these
numbers. Our telephone system records missed calls. If we are not available to
take your call, we shall attempt to phone you back as soon as possible.
➢ Always have your student number handy when you call the University.
➢ You may e-mail us at the e-mail addresses included above.

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4.2 Department

The Department of Private Law is situated in the Cas van Vuuren building on the 6 th
floor.

4.3 College of Law Information Centre

For college-specific queries, please email [email protected] or

[email protected]. The college can also be contacted by phoning 012 429
4718/4860/6166/3253/4428.

Please send all e-mails from your myLife e-mail account. If you send an e-mail
directly to a Unisa e-mail address, include your student number in the subject line
to ensure that your e-mail is correctly routed for an advisor for processing.

4.4 University

To contact the university, please dial 080 000 1870. Remember to keep your student
number at hand when contacting the university. The Unisa Student Communication
Service Centre will be open weekdays from 08:00 – 16:00 (South African Standard
Time).

Please send all e-mails from your myLife e-mail account. If you send an e-mail
directly to a Unisa e-mail address, include your student number in the subject line
to ensure that your e-mail is correctly routed for an advisor for processing.

Please check the list carefully and send an enquiry to one e-mail address only.
This will ensure that there is no confusion as to who must respond, thereby preventing
unnecessary delays in the response or the email portrayed as spam. Students should
only forward enquiries to the Registrar and Deputy Registrar in instances where those
enquiries could not be resolved at other levels.

TYPE OF QUERY EMAIL ADDRESS TELEPHONE NUMBER

ICT
myUnisa [email protected] 012 429 3111 (Option 2)
myLife [email protected] 012 429 3111 (Option 2)
STUDENT ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
General applications and
[email protected]
registration queries
College of Law [email protected]
International students [email protected]
Exemptions [email protected]
Access and matriculation
[email protected]
exemption
Re-admissions [email protected]
STUDENT ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION
General assignment
[email protected]
enquiries
General exam queries [email protected] 012 429 8641

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 Aegrotat exams [email protected] 012 429 8641
Exam arrangements for [email protected]
012 429 8641
students with disabilities
[email protected]
Exam admission 012 429 8641
a
[email protected]
International students + 27 12 429 2268
.za
Remarks [email protected] 012 429 8641
Purchase of an exam script [email protected] 012 429 8641
FINANCE
Student account enquiries [email protected] 012 429 2441/4299
STUDENT FUNDING
General student funding
[email protected] 012 441 5600
enquiries
STUDY MATERIAL
Despatch enquiries [email protected]

Contact addresses of the various administrative departments appear on the Unisa

website: http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Contact-us/Student-enquiries.
Please include the student number in all correspondence.

5 RESOURCES

5.1 Prescribed book(s)

Please do not attempt to study this module without the prescribed textbook. You
will not gain sufficient knowledge by studying from the study guide and tutorial
letters only. You cannot expect to be successful if you do not have the latest edition
of the textbook. It is essential that you purchase it.

Your prescribed textbook for this module for this semester is:

• Heaton J The South African Law of Persons 6 ed (2021) LexisNexis

Durban (hereinafter “Heaton”)

Please refer to the list of official booksellers and their addresses in the Study @ Unisa
brochure. If you have any difficulty obtaining books from these booksellers, please
contact the Prescribed Book Section as soon as possible at telephone number 012
429-4152 or email address [email protected].

5.2 Recommended book(s)

There are no recommended books for this module.

5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)

There are no e-reserves for this module.

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5.4 Library services and resources information

The Unisa library offers a range of information services and resources:

• For brief information, go to https://www.unisa.ac.za/library/libatglance
• For more detailed library information, go to
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library
• For research support and services (e.g. the services offered by personal
librarians and the request a literature search service offered by the information
search librarians), go to
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
services/Research-support
• For library training for undergraduate students, go to
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
services/Training

The library has created numerous library guides, available at

http://libguides.unisa.ac.za

Recommended guides:

• Request and find library material/download recommended material:

http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/request/request
• Postgraduate information services:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/request/postgrad
• Finding and using library resources and tools:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/Research_skills
• Frequently asked questions about the library:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/ask
• Services to students living with disabilities:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/disability
• A–Z of library databases:
https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/az.php

Important contact information:

• Ask a librarian: https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/ask

• Technical problems encountered in accessing library online services: Lib-
[email protected]
• General library-related queries: [email protected]
• Queries related to library fines and payments: [email protected]
• Social media channels: Facebook: UnisaLibrary and Twitter: @UnisaLibrary

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6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The Study @ Unisa brochure is available on myUnisa:

www.unisa.ac.za/brochures/studies

This brochure contains important information and guidelines for successful studies
through Unisa.

If you need assistance with regard to the myModule system, you are welcome to use
the following contact details:

• Toll-free landline: 0800 00 1870 (Select option 07 for myModule)

• E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

You can access and view short videos on topics such as how to view your calendar,
how to access module content, how to view announcements for modules, how to
submit assessment and how to participate in forum activities via the following link:
https://dtls-qa.unisa.ac.za/course/view.php?id=32130

Registered Unisa students get a free myLife e-mail account. Important

information, notices and updates are sent exclusively to this account. Please
note that it can take up to 24 hours for your account to be activated after you
have claimed it. Please do this immediately after registering at Unisa, by
following this link: [email protected]

Your myLife account is the only e-mail account recognised by Unisa for official
correspondence with the university and will remain the official primary e-mail
address on record at Unisa. You remain responsible for the management of
this e-mail account.

6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme

Many students find the transition from school education to tertiary education stressful.
This is also true in the case of students enrolling at Unisa for the first time. Unisa is a
dedicated open distance and e-learning institution, and it is very different from face-
to-face/contact institutions. It is a mega university, and all our programmes are offered
through either blended learning or fully online learning. It is for this reason that we
thought it necessary to offer first-time students additional/extended support to help
them seamlessly navigate the Unisa teaching and learning journey with little difficulty
and few barriers. We therefore offer a specialised student support programme to
students enrolling at Unisa for the first time – this is Unisa’s First-Year Experience
(FYE) Programme, designed to provide you with prompt and helpful information about
services that the institution offers and how you can access information.

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The following FYE services are currently offered:

FYE Website Email Support

www.unisa.ac. za/FYE [email protected]
Email Support

Post Registration FYE1500

Orientation
myUnisa; Study Skills;
Academic & Digital
Referrals to Literacies; etc
other support
services i.e.
Counselling;
Reading & Writing
workshops

6.2 Companies falsely advertising Unisa services

Some companies and social media pages have been falsely advertising Unisa online
information and various services to assist Unisa students. In the process, companies
either solicit money fraudulently from students or make money through online
advertising with no benefit to students.

These companies are in no way associated or related to Unisa.

We request that students only use official Unisa sites and platforms as any other
platforms will provide you with incorrect information and/or act illegally which will be
harmful to your studies.

Unisa will always use official communication channels (eg Unisa website, myUnisa,
Unisa social media platforms, myLife e-mail) to communicate with students.

Please use the following Unisa platforms for official Unisa information:

• www.unisa.ac.za

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• https://my.unisa.ac.za
• https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfSouthAfrica
• https://twitter.com/unisa
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/unisa

7 STUDY PLAN

Please refer to the Study @ Unisa brochure on the Unisa website for general time
management and planning skills.

8 PRACTICAL WORK

You are not expected to do any practical work for law of persons.

9 ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria

The outcomes and assessment criteria for this module are set out above in this tutorial
letter.

9.2 Assessment plan

• To gain admission to the examination in this module, you will be required to

submit at least one assessment (Assignment 01 or Assignment 02). Both
assignments consist of multiple-choice questions.
• It is not required that you pass any of the two assignments. However, you
should note that Assignments 01 and 02 contribute 20% towards your final
mark for this module. Failure to submit both assignments will therefore not
influence your admission to the examination but will influence your semester
mark.
• All information about when and where to submit your assessments will be made
available to you via the myModule site for your module.
• Due dates for assessments, as well as the actual assessments are available
on the myModule site for this module.
• You will receive examination information via the myModule sites. Please watch
out for announcements on how examinations for the modules for which you are
registered will be conducted.
• The assignment weighting for this module is 20%.
• The examination will count 80% towards the final module mark.

9.3 Assessment due dates

• There are no assessment due dates included in this tutorial letter.

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• Assessment due dates will be made available to you on the myUnisa landing
page for this module. We envisage that the due dates will be available to you
upon registration.
• Please start working on your assessments as soon as you register for the
module.
• Log on to the myUnisa site for this module to obtain more information on the
due dates for the submission of the assessments.

9.4 Submission of assessments

• Unisa, as a comprehensive open distance e-learning institution (CODeL), is

moving towards becoming an online institution. You will therefore see that all
your study material, assessments and engagements with your lecturer and
fellow students will take place online. We use myUnisa as our virtual campus.

• The myUnisa virtual campus will offer students access to the myModule site,
where learning material will be available online and where assessments should
be completed. This is an online system that is used to administer, document,
and deliver educational material to students and support engagement between
academics and students.

• The myUnisa platform can be accessed via https://my.unisa.ac.za. Click on the

myModule 2024 button to access the online sites for the modules that you are
registered for.

• The university undertakes to communicate clearly and as frequently as is

necessary to ensure that you obtain the greatest benefit from the use of the
myModule learning management system. Please access the announcements
on your myModule site regularly, as this is where your lecturer will post
important information to be shared with you.

• When you access your myModule site for the module/s you are registered for,
you will see a welcome message posted by your lecturer. Below the welcome
message you will see the assessment shells for the assessments that you need
to complete. Some assessments may be multiple choice, some tests, others
written assessments, some forum discussions, and so on. All assessments
must be completed on the assessment shells available on the respective
module platforms.

• To complete quiz assessments, please log on to the module site where you
need to complete the assessment. Click on the relevant assessment shell
(Assessment 1, Assessment 2, etc.). There will be a date on which the
assessment will open for you. When the assessment is open, access the quiz
online and complete it within the time available to you. Quiz assessment
questions are not included in this tutorial letter (Tutorial Letter 101) and are only
made available online. You must therefore access the quiz online and complete
it online where the quiz has been created.

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• It is not advisable to use a cell phone to complete the quiz. Please use a
desktop computer, tablet or laptop when completing the quiz. Students who use
a cell phone find it difficult to navigate the Online Assessment tool on the small
screen and often struggle to navigate between questions and successfully
complete the quizzes. In addition, cell phones are more vulnerable to dropped
internet connections than other devices. If at all possible, please do not use
a cell phone for this assessment type.
• For written assessments, please note the due date by which the assessment
must be submitted. Ensure that you follow the guidelines given by your lecturer
to complete the assessment. Click on the submission button on the relevant
assessment shell on myModule. You will then be able to upload your written
assessment on the myModules site of the modules that you are registered for.
Before you finalise the upload, double check that you have selected the correct
file for upload. Remember, no marks can be allocated for incorrectly submitted
assessments.

9.5 The assessments

There are two (2) formative assessments for this module. Details on the assessments
will be made available on the module site.

9.6 The examination

Examination information and details on the format of the examination will be made
available to you online via the myUnisa site. Look out for information that will be shared
with you by your lecturer and e-tutors (where relevant) and for communication from
the university.

9.6.1 Invigilation/proctoring

Since 2020 Unisa conducts all its assessments online. Given stringent requirements
from professional bodies and increased solicitations of Unisa’s students by third
parties to unlawfully assist them with the completion of assignments and examinations,
the University is obliged to assure its assessment integrity through the utilisation of
various proctoring tools: Turnitin, Moodle Proctoring, the Invigilator App and IRIS.
These tools will authenticate the student’s identity and flag suspicious behaviour to
assure credibility of students’ responses during assessments. The description below
is for your benefit as you may encounter any or all of these in your registered modules:

Turnitin is a plagiarism software that facilitates checks for originality in students’

submissions against internal and external sources. Turnitin assists in identifying
academic fraud and ghost writing. Students are expected to submit typed responses
for utilisation of the Turnitin software.

The Moodle Proctoring tool is a facial recognition software that authenticates

students’ identity during their Quiz assessments. This tool requires access to a
student’s mobile or laptop camera. Students must ensure their camera is activated
in their browser settings prior to their assessments.

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The Invigilator “mobile application-based service does verification” of the identity

of an assessment participant. The Invigilator Mobile Application detects student
dishonesty-by-proxy and ensures that the assessment participant is the registered
student. This invigilation tool requires students to download the app from their Play
Store (Google, Huawei and Apple) on their mobile devices (camera enabled) prior to
their assessment.

IRIS Invigilation software verifies the identity of a student during assessment and
provides for both manual and automated facial verification. It has the ability to record
and review a student’s assessment session. It flags suspicious behaviour by the
students for review by an academic administrator. IRIS software requires installation
on students’ laptop devices that are enabled with a webcam.

Students who are identified and flagged for suspicious dishonest behaviour arising
from the invigilation and proctoring reports are referred to the disciplinary office for
formal proceeding.

Please note:
Students must refer to their module assessment information on their myModule sites
to determine which proctoring or invigilation tool will be utilised for their formative and
summative assessments.

10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

10.1 Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of taking the words, ideas and thoughts of others and presenting
them as your own. It is a form of theft. Plagiarism includes the following forms of
academic dishonesty:

• Copying and pasting from any source without acknowledging the source.
• Not including references or deliberately inserting incorrect bibliographic
information.
• Paraphrasing without acknowledging the original source of the information.

10.2 Cheating

Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Completing assessments on behalf of another student, copying the work of

another student during an assessment, or allowing another student to copy your
work.
• Using social media (e.g., WhatsApp, Telegram) or other platforms to
disseminate assessment information.
• Submitting corrupt or irrelevant files, this forms part of examination guidelines
• Buying completed answers from so-called “tutors” or internet sites (contract
cheating).

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For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below:

https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Study-@-Unisa/Student-values-and-
rules

10.3 Academic matters

All module content-related enquiries must first be addressed to the relevant module
lecturers. As already indicated above, all such enquiries must be made from your
[email protected] email account. Where your module lecturer(s) is unable to assist,
such enquiries can be escalated to the Chair of the Department in which your module
is located. The Chair of the Department is the one with the power to resolve issues, is
authorised to make such interventions, and has the final say in matters relating to the
administration of a module. Such escalation must be done via the departmental
administrative staff.

Contact information for all the departmental administrative staff in the department is
captured below.

Name Contact number Email address

Adv L Ntsoane 012 429 8418 [email protected]
(Chair of Department)
Ms TT M Mapokgole 012 429 8418 [email protected]
(Departmental Secretary)
Ms H Mabena 012 429 8906 [email protected]
(Administrative Officer)
Mr S Lekota 012 429 4109 [email protected]
(Administrative officer)

10.4 Administrative matters

The contact information for all administrative departments is included on pages 9-10
of this Tutorial Letter. Please address any administrative issues (for example,
registration issues, finance-related issues, graduation issues, auditing of a
qualification, etc) with the relevant support department and not the college.

11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

The Advocacy and Resource Centre for Students with Disabilities (ARCSWiD)
provides an opportunity for staff to interact with first-time and returning students with
disabilities.

If you are a student with a disability and would like additional support or need additional
time for assessments, you are invited to send an email to [email protected]
to discuss the assistance that you need.

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12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Please refer to the A-Z guide in the Study @ Unisa brochure. You will also find answers
to some frequently asked questions in the Law of Persons tab under “FAQs” on
myUnisa.

13 IN CLOSING

We hope that you will enjoy this module and we wish you every success with your
studies.

PROF S FERREIRA
PROF JM KRUGER
DR CS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
MS GC MASIA

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UNISA 2024

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