CLA1503/101/3/2023

Tutorial Letter 101/3/2023

Commercial Law IC
CLA1503

Semesters 1 and 2

Department of Mercantile Law

This tutorial letter contains important information about your module.

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1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 4
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES ................................................................................... 6
2.1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Outcomes .................................................................................................................. 6
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION........................................................................ 6
4 CONTACTING THE UNIVERSITY VIA EMAIL ......................................................... 7
4.2 Department ............................................................................................................... 8
4.3 College of Law Information Centre ............................................................................ 8
4.4 University .................................................................................................................. 8
5 RESOURCES.......................................................................................................... 10
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .................................................................................................. 10
5.2 Recommended book(s) ........................................................................................... 11
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) .............................................................................. 11
5.4 Library services and resources information ............................................................. 11
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES .......................................................................... 12
6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme ......................................................... 13
6.2 Companies falsely advertising Unisa services ......................................................... 14
7 STUDY PLAN ......................................................................................................... 15
8 PRACTICAL WORK ............................................................................................... 15
9 ASSESSMENT........................................................................................................ 15
9.1 Assessment criteria ................................................................................................. 15
9.2 Assessment plan ..................................................................................................... 16
9.3 Assessment due dates ............................................................................................ 16
9.4 Submission of assessments .................................................................................... 16
9.5 The assessments .................................................................................................... 18
9.6 Other assessment methods ..................................................................................... 18
9.7 The examination ...................................................................................................... 18
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring............................................................................................... 18
10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ..................................................................................... 19
10.1 Plagiarism ............................................................................................................... 19
10.2 Cheating .................................................................................................................. 19
10.3 Academic matters .................................................................................................... 20
10.4 Administrative matters ............................................................................................. 20
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11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .............................................................. 20

12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ..................................................................... 21
13 IN CLOSING ........................................................................................................... 21

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Dear Student

1 INTRODUCTION

Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) 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 CODeL 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. 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

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(This module is offered through a blended mode of tuition and learning.)

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).

1.1 This tutorial letter

This tutorial letter (CLA1503/101/2023) introduces you to the study of the module
Commercial Law 1C and contains important information about the scheme of work,
resources and the relevant information about the assignments and the examination
for this module. We urge you to read it carefully and to keep it at hand when working
through the study material; preparing the assignments; preparing for the examination
and addressing questions to your lecturers.

Please read Tutorial Letter 301 in combination with this tutorial letter as it gives you
an idea of generally important information when studying at a distance and within a
particular College.

This tutorial letter also provides all the information you need with regard to the
prescribed study material and other resources and how to obtain them. Please study
this information carefully and make sure that you obtain the prescribed material as
soon as possible.

We have also included certain general and administrative information about this
module. Please study this section of the tutorial letter carefully.

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2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES

2.1 Purpose

The aim of this module is to provide you with a general understanding of the South
African legal system and to equip you with knowledge, skills, attitudes and
competencies to analyse and solve well-defined problems relating to the general
principles of the law of contract, specific contracts and other aspects of commercial
law in South Africa.
2.2 Outcomes

The outcome of this module is threefold:

➢ The study units that deal with the South African legal system and science of
law provide you with a general overview of the law and enable you to relate the
different sections of the law to one another.
➢ The study units that deal with the general principles of the law of contract ought
to enable you to identify, analyse and solve basic legal problems relating to the
law of contract. You should be able to give advice on how contracts arise, what
the effect of a particular clause in a contract is, what the implications of a breach
of contract are and how contracts are terminated.
➢ The study units that deal with various types of contracts and other essential
aspects of commercial law are primarily to enable you to identify different types
of contracts and distinguish between them.
At the end of this module, you should be able to analyse information relating to the
functioning of the South African legal system and how it applies within the South
African legal framework. You should also apply the general principles of the law of
contract and the general business principles relating to certain specific contracts and
other aspects of commercial law within a legal framework to real-life situations.

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.

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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.

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.

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4.1 Lecturers

Please DO NOT contact lecturers on issues that are not related to the content of
the module since the lecturers might not have information that you may require.
There is support staff which is explicitly employed to deal with administrative issues.
Please consult the brochure Study @ Unisa which you received with your study
material.

The lecturers responsible for this module are as follows:

NAME TELEPHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ADDRESS

Adv. MP Makakaba 012 429 8567 [email protected]

Mr MB Masuku 012 429 8836 [email protected]

Mr R Van Niekerk 012 429 8394 [email protected]

4.2 Department

The general contact for the Department of Mercantile Law are as follows are +27 12
429 6767
4.3 College of Law Information Centre

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.

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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
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
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[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

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 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)

The prescribed textbook for CLA1503 is General Principles of Commercial Law

9th ed (2020) Juta, co-authored by H Schulze, T Manamela, P Stoop, E Manamela, E
Hurter, B Masuku and C Stoop. You should purchase this prescribed textbook.
The prescribed books can be obtained from the University's official booksellers. If you
have difficulty finding the book at these booksellers, please contact the Prescribed
Books Section at 012 429 4152 or e-mail [email protected].
Only the following chapters in the prescribed textbook have to be studied for
this module:
Chapter 1: The South African Legal System
Chapter 2: Introduction to the Science of Law
Chapter 3: Law of Contract: Introduction
Chapter 4: Consensus
Chapter 5: Capacity to Perform Juristic Acts
Chapter 6: The Agreement must be Possible
Chapter 7: Formalities
Chapter 8: Terms of the Contract
Chapter 10: Breach of Contract
Chapter 11: Remedies for Breach of Contract

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Chapter 12: Transfer and Termination of Personal Rights (Please Note: Only
paragraphs 12.1 (Introduction), 12.2 (Cession) and 12.2.1 (The consequences of
cession) are prescribed)
Chapter 13: The Contract of Sale
Chapter 14: The Contract of Lease
Chapter 15: The Contract of Insurance Chapter 20: The Law of Agency
Chapter 21: Forms of Business Enterprise (Please Note: Paragraph 21.4 (21.4.1-
21.4.8) (Company Law) is not prescribed)
Chapter 23: Security
Chapter 30: Consumer Protection
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.

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

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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

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 myModules system, you are welcome to use
the following contact details:

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

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

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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.mailto:

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. The following
FYE services are currently offered:

• FYE website: All the guides and resources you need in order to navigate
through your first year at Unisa can be accessed using the following link:
www.unisa.ac.za/FYE

• FYE e-mails: You will receive regular e-mails to help you stay focused and
motivated.

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 • FYE broadcasts: You will receive e-mails with links to broadcasts on various
topics related to your first-year studies (e.g. videos on how to submit
assessments online).

• FYE mailbox: For assistance with queries related to your first year of study,
send an e-mail to [email protected]

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

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7 STUDY PLAN
It is difficult to suggest a study plan that would suit all students who are registered for
this module. It is however, necessary to work out a study plan for yourself and to keep
to it stringently. For more information on general time management and planning skills,
you can consult the publication, study@Unisa, which you received together with your
study material upon registration
Studying a blended module may differ completely from studying some of your other
modules at Unisa.
▪ All your study material and learning activities for blended and fully online
modules are designed to be delivered online on myUnisa. Although blended
modules include printed material, the module is designed to be delivered online.

▪ All communication between you and the University happens online. Lecturers
will communicate to you by email and SMS, as well as using the
Announcements and Discussion Forums tools.

▪ Check for new announcements. You are advised to also set your myLife email
account so that you receive the announcements emails on your cell phone.

▪ Do the Discussion Forum activities. When you do the activities for each learning
unit, we want you to share your answers with the other students in your group.
You can read the instructions and even prepare your answers offline, but you
will need to go online to post your messages.

8 PRACTICAL WORK
There are no practical work and work-integrated learning for this module.

9 ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria

The tuition method for this module consists of both formative assessment and
summative assessment. The year mark counts 20% and the examination mark
counts 80%. In other words: the mark obtained for the two compulsory
assignments (year mark) will count 20% towards your final mark, provided that
you obtain an examination mark of at least 40%.
You therefore need to obtain a subminimum of at least 40% in the examination before
your year mark can be taken into account. This means that a student who has obtained
at least 40% in the examination and has a good year mark will have a great advantage
above another student with no year mark or a poor year mark.

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9.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit two formative

assessments (assignments) and write summative assessment
(examination).
• All information about when and where to submit your assessments will be
made available to you via the myModules site for your module.
• Due dates for assessments, as well as the actual assessments are
available on the myModules site for this module.
• The assignment weighting for the module is 10% each. That means 20%
for both assignments provided you obtained 40% or more in examination.
• You will receive examination information via the myModules sites. Please
watch out for announcements on how examinations for the modules for
which you are registered will be conducted.
• 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.

• 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 myModules
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.

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

the myModules 2023 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
myModules learning management system. Please access the
announcements on your myModules site regularly, as this is where your
lecturer will post important information to be shared with you.

• When you access your myModules 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.

• 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 myModules. 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.

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9.5 The assessments

As indicated in section 9.2, you need to complete two formative assessments

(assignments) and write summative assessment (examination) for this module.

There are no assignments included in this tutorial letter. Assignments and due
dates will be made available to you on myModules for this module.

9.6 Other assessment methods

There are no other assessment methods for this module.

9.7 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.

9.7.1 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.

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.

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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).

For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below:

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

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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 the departmental administrative staff for this module is
captured below.

Name Email address

General email address for Department of Mercantile Law [email protected]
Mrs Nonhlanhla Nage 012 429 8460

10.4 Administrative matters

The contact information for administrative departments is included in par 4.4 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 neither the lecturers nor 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 contact relevant Department to discuss the
assistance that you need. For example [email protected], so that you can
be assisted. In your email include the name of the module(s) that you are currently
registered for. For content-related queries, please send an email to Adv MP Makakaba
at [email protected].

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12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

See Study @ Unisa brochure which contains an A-Z guide of the most relevant study
information.

13 IN CLOSING
We encourage you to immediately start studying and not wait for the last minute to do
your assignments or prepare for the examination. Your success is our priority, because
through you we will achieve our goal.
We wish you all the best with your studies at Unisa.
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Unisa 2023

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