CSL2601 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2026 - Due August 2026

CSL2601 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2026 - Due August 2026 4. Questions to be answered in Assessment 1 for Semester 2 of 2026 1. Discuss the ill-conceived announcement by the Head of the Executive responsible for International Relations that South Africa was withdrawing from the Rome Statute and filing a notice to this effect with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. (4) 2. Discuss how adherence to the rule of law is established. (4) 3. Discuss the importance and relevance of section 157 of the Constitution in respect of an important process occurring in South Africa in November 2026. (4) 4. A tragic incident in Motswedi village, where a primary school learner dies after falling into a pit toilet at a public school, draws national attention to inadequate sanitation in schools within the Serake Municipality. Investigations reveal longstanding failures by the municipality to provide adequate water and sanitation services. Following public pressure, the North West Provincial Government urgently initiates its own tender process to install sanitation facilities in affected schools. The province does not formally place the municipality under administration but justifies its actions on the basis of the urgency of the situation and the need to protect learners’ constitutional rights. The Serake Municipality challenges the intervention, arguing that it was not given an opportunity to remedy the failure; and the province failed to follow the procedures required for intervention in local government. With reference to the facts, assess whether the situation in Serake Municipality justifies provincial intervention. (4)