LAH3701 Assignment 1 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

LAH3701 Assignment 1 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ....................Question 1 [LAND ISSUES AND PRINCIPLES] Complete the following sentences by filling in the missing words: a) _________________ is a form of land tenure that is not of a permanent nature and whereby land is occupied in terms of a contract of lease. [1] b) ____________________ entailed the occupation of property for a 15-year period. This was renewable and subject to the payment of an annual rental. [1] c) ______________________________ are strong limited real rights registered over surveyed land. The holder can, with the necessary permission, obtain the right to occupy the land, erect buildings, let or subdivide the land, mortgage the rights, and dispose of the rights. [1] d)._____________________________________ comprise rights to use land for grazing, cultivation and residential purposes. The leader of the community, in consultation with his council, allots portions of land to families. The family head usually acquires residential and arable land, and, after land has been allocated, he also acquires access to natural resources on the commonage, for example land for grazing. [1] e) In the case of ________________________________, duties were divided between a cultivator (usually a black person) and a non-cultivator (usually a white landowner). The non-cultivator provided land (usually arable farms owned by a white person), while the cultivator provided seed as well as labour. The cultivator obtained the right to occupy a piece of land in return for the payment of an agreed proportion of the produce to the landowner. [1] f) In the case of_____________________________, the labour tenant (usually a black man and his family) received a piece of land (usually land on a farm owned by a white person) to live on and to cultivate crops in exchange for labour. [1] g) In a ____________________________, the owner acquires individual ownership of a section, being a part of a building (such as a flat, office or shop), together with a co-ownership share in the common property (comprising the land and all parts of the building not forming part of the sectional owners' sections, calculated according to the participation quota). [1] h) ___________________________________ provides the shareblock holder with a contractual right of use with regard to a specific part of the building. [1] i) ____________________________________ is/are a separate kind of interest in property use aimed at obtaining a right to the intermittent use of the property for certain limited periods of each year. This applies mostly to property used for intermittent, residential holiday accommodation. [1] j) _____________________________________ provide retired persons with suitable residential property. [1] LAH3701 assignment 1 cover page/2024 5 Question 2 [STATUTE LAW] Name the correct statute that/which is applicable in the following scenarios or is associated with the following statements: a) Schubart Park residents are objecting to their removal from the 12-storey block of flats despite it being on the brink of collapse. [2] b) Mr Fanie du Taasen is angry about a group of homeless people who occupied a portion of his farm eight months ago because they were chased off a neighbouring farm. [2] c) The piece of legislation that provided the Native Affairs Department with the power to plan and create the “locations”, which became the predominant places of residence for a large portion of the population. [2] d) The piece of legislation that enabled the establishment of recognised townships in South Africa. [2] e) The piece of legislation that continued employing the “1036 Regulations” and (in Chapter IV) regulated land development. [2]