Tutorial Letter 101/3/2022 SOCIAL SECURITY LAW SSL2601 Semesters 1 and 2

Dear Student We are pleased to welcome you as a student of Social Security Law (SSL2601) and hope that you will find the module interesting and rewarding. We shall do our best to make your studies of this module successful. You will be well on your way to success if you start studying early in the semester and resolve to do the assignments properly. We suggest that you start with the prescribed material as soon as possible. Make sure that you have all the cases and articles and while working through the prescribed textbook, fit them under relevant topics of Social Security Law. You will be able to access all the tutorial letters during the year online via myUnisa. A tutorial letter is our way of communicating with you about teaching, learning and assessment. This tutorial letter (Tutorial Letter 101) contains important information about the scheme of work, resources and assignments 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. In this tutorial letter you will find two assignments and instructions on the preparation and submission of the assignments. This tutorial letter also provides all the information you need with regard to the prescribed study material and other resources and how to obtain it. Please study this information carefully and make sure that you have the prescribed material as soon as possible. Further, we include in this tutorial letter certain general and administrative information concerning this module. Please study this information carefully. Apart from this Tutorial Letter, other Tutorial Letters will be made available to you on myUnisa during the course of the year. These Tutorial Letters will not necessarily all be available at the time of registration. You will be notified about when specific Tutorial Letters will be available on myUnisa during the course of the year. You will receive announcements on anything about the module from the lecturers through an ‘Announcement Tool’ on myUnisa on the module site. You are advised to frequently visit your module site to keep yourself up to date about any developments in your module. Please note that you are therefore encouraged to register on myUnisa, a tool which enables you to communicate with other students and lecturers, submit assignments, access library resources and download study material. You can access myUnisa on . Go to the website and log in using your student number and password. You will see [SSL2601-22-S1/S2] in the row of modules displayed in the orange blocks at the top of the webpage. Select the More tab if you cannot find the module you require in the orange blocks. Then click on the module you want to open. For further information on myUnisa and other administrative information, please consult the publication Study @ Unisa. For further information on myUnisa and other administrative information please consult the publication Study @ Unisa. 4 Your study material for SSL2601 will consist of a Study Guide only. The university will provide the following on myUnisa:The study guide, tutorial letters 101 (this tutorial letter); 102 (in which we explain topics covered in the module); 201 and 202 (which contain the memoranda and commentaries on the assignments). You will find all your study material under ‘Study Material’ and any other additional study material (only if available) can be accessed under ‘Additional Resources’ on the module site. Right from the start we would like to point out that you must read all the tutorial letters you receive during the year immediately and carefully, as they always contain important and, sometimes, urgent information. You are therefore encouraged to register on myUnisa, a tool which enables you to communicate with other students and lecturers, submit assignments, access library resources and download study material. You can access myUnisa on . Go to the website and log in using your student number and password. You will see [SSL2601-22-S1/S2] in the row of modules displayed in the orange blocks at the top of the webpage. Select the More tab if you cannot find the module you require in the orange blocks. Then click on the module you want to open. For further information on myUnisa and other administrative information, please consult the publication Study @ Unisa. We hope that you will enjoy this module and wish you all the best! 2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES 2.1 Purpose The aim of this module is to provide you with a general understanding of the South African social security system. This module will give you an introduction and an overview on concepts such as social security, social assistance (including social grants, social relief of distress, etc.); social insurance (including the unemployment insurance fund, compensation for occupational diseases and injuries and health care); indirect social security; and informal social security. The module will further give you an understanding of the constitutional framework of the right to have access to social security in South Africa, the influence that international law has on the development of South Africa’s social security system, how social security in this country is financed and administered; and the weaknesses found in the present social security system. 2.2 Outcomes After studying this module, you should be able to use your knowledge of the general principles of social security law to analyse and evaluate problem situations, identify relevant legal issues, apply the relevant legal principles to those issues, and suggest solutions and provide responsible advice. A range of activities in the study guide, assignments, and examination will demonstrate if you have achieved the outcomes of this module. SSL2601/101/3/2022 5 3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION Unisa has implemented a transformation charter based on five pillars and eight dimensions. In response to this charter, we have placed curriculum transformation high on the teaching and learning agenda. Curriculum transformation includes the following pillars: 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. These pillars and their principles will be integrated at both programme and module levels as a phasedin approach. You will notice a marked change in the teaching and learning strategy implemented by Unisa, together with how 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.