FACULTY OF COMMERCE,

MANAGEMENT & LAW

DISTANCE MODE ASSIGNMENT
LETTER
SCHOOL OF LAW

Old Curriculum
Academic Year 2024
Semester (1 and Year Modules)
[PSU3861 Law of Succession]

A MUST, TO READ THE ENTIRE

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ACCOUNTING, ECONOMIC & MANAGEMENT

SCIENCES

ASSIGNMENT ADMINISTRATION
CORE CALENDAR FOR DISTANCE AND ONLINE COURSES – 2024
SEMESTER 1
MONTH DATES ACTIVITIES Schools

February Creation of Moodle courses for Distance and Online mode

5 February Orientation

12 February Semester 1 Lectures Commences All Schools

March
FIRST ASSESSMENT: 1st SEMESTER MODULES
April
2 April Due date: 01st Assessment of 01 Semester Modules Only School of Accounting, School of Business
3-5 April Grace Period for assessment submission/ completion Management, Governance & Economics
School of Law

MAKE-UP/ COMPENSATORY ASSESSMENT 1: 1st SEMESTER MODULES

April
17 April Make-up assessment due date: 1st Assessment School of Accounting, School of Business
– Only applicable if you score 1-39% in Assignment 1. Management, Governance & Economics
Take note that a new assessment (test or assignment) is School of Law
to be submitted.

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SECOND ASSESSMENT: 1st SEMESTER MODULES
19 April Due date: 02nd Assessment of 01 Semester Modules Only School of Accounting, School of Business
20-22 April Grace Period for assessment submission/ completion Management, Governance & Economics
School of Law
April
MAKE-UP/ COMPENSATORY ASSESSMENT 2: 1st SEMESTER MODULES

7 May Make-up assessment due date: 2nd Assessment School of Accounting, School of Business
– Only applicable if you score 1-39% in Assignment 2. Management, Governance & Economics
Take note that a new assessment (test or assignment) is School of Law
to be submitted.
Year Modules
30 April Due date: Year modules Assignment 1 School of Accounting, School of Business
1-3 May Management, Governance & Economics
Grace Period: Year module Assignment 1
School of Law
May 17 May Make-up/ Compensatory assessment due date: 1st
Assessment Year Modules
– Only applicable if you score 1-39% in Assignment 1.
Take note that a new assessment (test or assignment) is
to be submitted.
July 29 July Due date: Year modules Assignment 2 School of Accounting, School of Business
30 July – 1 August Grace Period: Year module Assignment 2 Management, Governance & Economics
School of Law
August 19 August Make-up/ Compensatory assessment due date: 2nd
Assessment Year Modules
– Only applicable if you score 1-39% in Assignment 2.
Take note that a new assessment (test or assignment) is
to be submitted.

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2 September Due date: Year modules Assignment 3 School of Accounting, School of Business
Management, Governance & Economics
3-5 September Grace Period: Year module Assignment 3 School of Law
September
20 September Make-up/ Compensatory assessment due date: 3rd
Assessment Year Modules
– Only applicable if you score 1-39% in Assignment 3.
Take note that a new assessment (test or assignment) is
to be submitted.
15 May 2024 Lectures end for First Semester

21 May 2024 Release of CA Marks All Schools

22 May 2024 Semester 1 First opportunity Examinations
11 June 2024 Semester 1 Second opportunity Examinations

For modules that will have online tests, all information shall be communicated well in advance. Kindly take note that some modules might
have 3 to 4 assessments. e.g. 2 assignments and 1 to 2 online tests. All necessary information will be shared timely.
Good luck!

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2024 Distance Mode Assignments

[ PSU3861 Law of Succession]
Dear Student,

Welcome to the University of Namibia. We are confident that your studies and hard work will be
rewarded with success. We kindly advise that you obtain all the relevant information and booklets
available for distance students from your Moodle platform (including the 2023 Student Information
Letter, Online Assignment Submission Guide and other documents). These documents will
provide guidance on how to approach your studies and will guide you through your study materials as
well as providing useful administrative information in submitting assignments.

1. Study materials
Your study guide is essentially your “teacher/lecturer”. However, in addition, you are required to visit
the library to consult prescribed books and recommended readings that are indicated in the study guide
as well as browse the Internet in general. You are also responsible to purchase any prescribed
textbooks required for your respective courses/modules. Furthermore, you are strongly advised to
follow the guidelines in the Online Assignment Submission Guide available on Moodle.

2. Collaborative Learning
Unam avails all your modules through Moodle, enabling you to interact with your fellow students online
through forum discussions and chats. You can use the same platform to engage with your lecturers and
tutors regarding academic support. Please take advantage of Moodle to avoid isolation and strengthen
your interaction with colleagues, ask for help, and share/receive resources to aid your learning process.
See below how to access forum discussions on Moodle:

Figure 1: Forums in courses

3. Submission of assignments
It is very important to complete and submit a clean, clear and well-argued assignment for marking. Make
sure that you have understood the questions in order to answer them correctly. It is your responsibility
to make sure that every page of the completed assignment is correctly numbered before submitting
your assignment.
As from 2017, ALL assignments are submitted through the Moodle Learning Management
System. This is an online platform where you will access all your modules and related information such
as course outlines, course notes and other learning materials that your lecturer/tutor may choose to
share with you. Moodle is accessible here: http://elearning.unam.edu.na. You should complete and
submit all assignments on or before the given due date in the assignment letter if you wish to obtain
your CA marks and qualify for examinations. UNAM always updates its assignment covers on an annual
and semester basis. Please ensure that you have used the latest assignment cover. The latest
assignment cover is availed on each course on Moodle.

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A user guide is available on how to submit your assignment in each module on the Distance Education
Common Space and you can access it on the Online Support system. Pay close attention to the
following key points listed at the beginning of the guide on:
3.1 How you would know when you have successfully submitted your
assignment: that is when the submission status shows “Submitted for grading”

Figure 2: Assignment submission status

MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM GIVES YOU A CONFIRMATION OF SUBMISSION by the

submission status shown as "Submitted for grading" when done. If that status is NOT
displayed when done, IT DOES NOT COUNT AS A SUBMISSION.

3.2 Errors to avoid when submitting your assignment (committing these errors may
result in you failing to submit your assignments and therefore potentially failing your
course)

a. You are submitting on the correct Module/Course

b. You have selected and uploaded the correct Assignment document from your
computer
c. You are submitting the correct Assignment number for the respective activity (i.e.
Assignment 1, 2, etc.)

3.3 How to check the assessment feedback when your assignment has been graded.

4. Due Dates
All assignment due dates for 2022 are published on second page of this assignment letter. With the
shift from manual to online assignment submission since 2017, due dates are automated and non-
negotiable. This means that you would be required to submit your assignments ON or BEFORE the
due date set on your assignment (before 11h55 PM). After the date has passed (i.e. 12h00AM of the
next day) the assignment submission will be disabled, and you would no longer be able to submit
your assignment. Please note that assignment submissions will be open long before the due dates.
Please note that your assignment due dates are on page 2 of this Tutorial Letter. Use this assignment
due dates to set up your calendar tool on your mobile phone or computer to set reminders for yourself
and manage your time. Another way to keep pace with due dates, is by regularly visiting your Timeline

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of each of your courses on Moodle on the Course Overview. Also download the Moodle mobile app to
access Moodle on your mobile phone or tablet and have access to notifications about due dates at your
fingertips from Google Play Store for Android or Apple App Store for IOS.
5. Submission of Assignments
Due to challenges with Internet connectivity and speed, large files may take too long to upload, which
is a big risk if you wait until the last minute to submit your assignments. You are therefore strongly
advised NOT to wait until the final hours of the due dates to submit your assignments to avoid
disappointments. You are also advised to ensure that you are in an area with good Internet connectivity
when submitting your assignments. Timely submission of all assignments on or before the given due
date is crucial for the timely grading and processing of your CA marks and determining admission to
exams.
Take note that assignments should never be submitted directly by email or hard copy to
individual tutors or any other staff members of the University of Namibia.

6. Medical and death are the only reasons accepted for the late submission of assignments.
Late submission of assignments will only be approved 7 days (including public holidays and
weekends) after the due date of an assignment. Valid documentary proof must be attached as part of
the assignment before any late submission will be considered. Late submission without valid
documentary proof attached to the assignment will be returned unmarked and may not be resubmitted
for marking. Travelling and attendance of workshops, job related activities and conferences may
not be used as an excuse for the late submission of assignments. All late submission request must be
forwarded to the Student support coordinator for approval.

7. Academic Support
One every Moodle course there is an embedded Academic Support section with materials to assist you
with your writing process (see Figure 3 below). Go through the videos in order to enhance your writing
process and submit better quality assignments.

Figure 3: Academic Support tutorials

8. Grace Period
A grace period refers to three (3) additional days added after your assignment due
date. The purpose of this grace period is to provide each student with time to verify
and or to make amendments to assignments already submitted. These changes may
include correcting errors like submitting a file to a wrong module or on a wrong
assignment; submitting a wrong file; losing internet connectivity, etc. An example
would be that a student attempting to submit an assignment and they lose internet

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connection would still be able to try again the day after at a different place or when the
connection has been restored.

9. Plagiarism Control
It has been observed that some students copy information from the Internet and paste
into their assignments without acknowledging the sources of the information. This is
called plagiarism. A copy of the Policy on Academic Integrity has been provided to you
on every course on Moodle. Please note that plagiarism which includes copying and
pasting information from the Internet would not be tolerated, shall result in your
assignments declared null and void and graded as a “0”. All assignments submitted
through Moodle would be checked for plagiarism using plagiarism detection software.
You are therefore strongly urged to acknowledge EVERY source that you use for your
assignment by using the appropriate citations and references following the referencing
style prescribed by your lecturers (APA Referencing guides are available freely
online). Find one here: http://www.uofa.edu/docs/apa-documentation.pdf

Any assignment found with high similarity scores or with evidence of clear attempts to
cheat such as submitting an assignment that is not your own would result in a zero (0)
grade.

10. Vacation schools

Attending vacation school is COMPULSORY and the vacation school timetable will be made
available through the UNAM Moodle

11. My UNAM Portal and Moodle

We recommend that you regularly (at least twice a week) access your “My UNAM
Portal” (http://my.unam.edu.na) for your registration status and information, and
Moodle (https://elearning.unam.edu.na ) for your learning and assessment
information.

Also visit the Distance Education Common Space on Moodle where you can find all
necessary information and user manuals related to your distance mode studies and
also engage with other students studying on distance mode. See additional
information under Section 11 below.

12. Online Support (Ticketing) System

An online support system is provided where you can report some of the issues that you may experience
regarding your studies. This system is easily accessible from the Moodle LMS system.

Figure 4: Online ticketing system

You can also make use of the Online Support (Ticketing System) for queries to be responded to by
the responsible person within 48 hours. We recommend you use this system for Help Topics or issues
listed on the system rather than email or telephone calls.

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13. Online information, Tutorials and Distance Education Common Space
Information and Tutorials are provided in each course on the Moodle Learning
Management System which you should first familiarise yourself once you first access
your courses.

Figure 5: Info-Tutorials on Moodle

Indicated in Figure 4 above, the Distance Student Orientation provides video tutorials on various
activities you would perform such as submitting your assignments, converting your documents into pdf
format, changing your email address, how to check your results when assignments have been graded
and so on.
Updates and information with regard to your studies and related events would be shared in the Distance
Education Common Space which you can access from any course as shown in screenshot below. All
students studying on distance mode are linked this the space where you can collaborate or discuss
general issues.

Figure 6: Distance Education Common Space

You will also find the Student Information Letter, your Vacation School Timetable and User Guides in
the Distance Education Common Space.

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14. Staff Contact Information
If you study conscientiously, your efforts will be rewarded. Should you need any assistance or
clarification on the module contents, you can reach the relevant staff members at the contact details as
given below:

Tutor:
For Module/Subject content related matters, Ms Molly Nakapela 0612063993 [email protected]
Assignments marks and CA marks queries
Student Support Coordinator:
Assignment due dates, Availability of assignments, Ms. Anna-Marie Murere 0612063729 [email protected]
Unmarked assignments, Vacation schools
Faculty officers:
Mr Sampson 0612063998 [email protected]
Admissions
Ms Althea Husselmann 0612063775 [email protected]
Registration
Ms. A Nelumbu (SP) 063 220 2039 [email protected]
Appeals
Ms. S Shapumba (HP) 064 502 6508 [email protected]
Addition of Modules
Mr. I Mundumbu (RP) 066 268 6078 [email protected]
Cancellations of Modules
Ms. R Chata (KP) 066 262 6071 [email protected]
Graduation
Ms A Felix (PO) 065- 2323042 [email protected]

Examination Officers:
Josefina Muhama 061-2063232 [email protected]
For Exam marks and exam timetable, exam
related matters All exam officers at respective
campuses assist students of those
campuses

eLearning Administrator: Mr Owen Lisulo 0612063381 [email protected]

Moodle related queries (technical problems), Mr Shaka Maikhudumu 0612063000 [email protected]

linking of Modules, etc.
https://elearning.unam.edu.na/sup
Please create an online ticket for any assistance port/open.php

Computer Centre/ IT Helpdesk 061 2063014

Log In/Passwords To reset passwords & for [email protected]
Team 061 2063041
Logging onto Moodle and Portal

NOTE: For additional information consult the Prospectus and UNAM General Information and
Regulations Prospectus.

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Serious offence not tolerated at all
Note well: Plagiarism
Plagiarism is “the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own, of the ideas, or the
expression of the ideas of another” (OED). All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed
or electronic form, is covered under this description.
The Proctors’ Disciplinary Regulations concerning conduct in examinations (see Part 19.4. and 19.5, p. 52) state
that ‘No candidate shall present for an examination as his or her own work any part of the substance of another
person’s work. In any written work (whether thesis, dissertation, essay, coursework, or written examination, or
assignment) passages quoted or closely paraphrased from another person’s work must be identified as quotations
or paraphrases, and the source of the quoted or paraphrased material must be clearly acknowledged.’ In all written
work students must be vigilant in citing the work they have referred to or quoted from (please see further Appendix
D). Examples of plagiarism and detailed advice as to how to avoid it are given on
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/edc/goodpractice/: you are strongly advised to consult this website.
It has been observed that some students merely download information from the Internet, copy verbatim from other
printed sources (including the Study Guide, employ other people to do their assignments for them, or plagiarise
each other’s assignments (either directly, that is, word-to-word, or through a re-arrangement of words or
paragraphs in order to deceive the tutor or marker).
These practices constitute very serious academic offences of academic dishonesty, alternatively, intellectual fraud,
which attract very serious and heavy penalties. Students must desist from such practices. Such students may score
very high marks but invariably perform very poorly in examinations. It is in the interest of such students to
endeavour to exercise their own intellectual faculties, do their own research, and personally do the set assignments.

No hardcopies are allowed, all assignment are to be uploaded through Moodle.

✓ Assignments should be submitted in PDF – only. Kindly save your assignments in PDF format
✓ Make sure that you submit one assignment as one file/document. Do not create and upload
several folders; do not zip the documents. Have 1 one document/file for 1 (ONE) entire
assignment.
✓ Assignments for modules with formulas can be handwritten, scanned in one document and
uploaded on Moodle accordingly.
✓ Make sure you submit a document that is readable and virus free.
✓ Make sure you upload the right file with the relevant assignment content.
✓ After submitting your assignment on Moodle do verify on the file you uploaded. Always try
to submit your assignment few days before the due date, this allows you to double-check
all the nitty-gritties.
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE TOLERATED. NO LATE submission due to not adhering to the
above advises or guidance WILL BE ACCEPTED nor ENTERTAINED.

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PSU3861

Assessment 1

Question 1 (50 marks)

With reference to specific case law, give a detailed explanation of the origin and
recent history of the supervision of the administration of deceased estates in Namibia
and the procedural changes that were brought about by the Amendment Act 15 of
2005.

Question 2 (50 marks)

The foundation of the Namibian law of intestate succession is based on succession

of blood relations. Discuss the legal position of adopted children and “illegitimate”
children as a ground of succession in terms of the intestate Succession Ordinance.
Refer to relevant case law and legislation.

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Assessment 2

Question 1 (50 marks)

Discuss the relationship between customary law and common law in Namibia as it
relates to intestate succession. In your discussion, you may refer to particular
customary practices in order to illustrate your arguments.

Question 2 (50 marks)

Draft a joint will consisting of the following clauses:

1. Simultaneous Death

2. Revocation

3. Massing

4. Nomination of an executor and Security

5. Bequest to heirs and legatees

6. Exclusion of a marital regime

7. Usufruct

8. Fideicommissum

9. suspensive time clause

10. Resolutive time clause

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