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Date: 3 June 2025
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DAY OF ASSESSMENT:
Ensure you are connected to the internet in order to log into the Invigilator App and YOUR EXAM QR CODE & EXAM
scan this QR code. ACCESS CODE
If you encounter difficulty in scanning the QR code, you can alternatively enter the
Exam Access Code below the QR code to start the invigilation.
If you finish your assessment before the app timer has run out you need to press the
‘Finish Assessment’ button and follow instructions before you exit or minimise the app.
Scan the QR code at the start time of the assessment, unless otherwise specified by
your institution, note that you can only scan this QR code once.
The Invigilator App may request you to take photos of your examination script after the
assessment. Please follow the instructions on the app and take note that your
Exam Access Code: 99d4dc1c
academic institution may still require you to submit your script on the relevant portal.
The QR code is only scannable for a limited time and it should therefore be
scanned as soon as possible after the assessment commencement time.
Keep the Invigilator App open on your smartphone for the full duration of the assessment. You are not allowed to minimise or leave the
app during your assessment.
You must adhere to the assessment time limit communicated to you by your institution. The timer displayed in the Invigilator may vary
depending on the start time of invigilation.
FURTHER GUIDANCE
If you only have one device you may access your assessment in the application by pressing the ‘Access Browser’ button in the top right
corner of your app.
Once the QR code is scanned, ensure your media volume is turned up and place your smartphone next to you.
The Invigilator App will notify you with a notification beep when you are required to action a photo request, which you should then
perform as soon as possible.
We recommend that you keep your smartphone on charge for the duration of the assessment.
Ensure you are connected to the internet when commencing invigilation. You also need to be connected to the internet at the end of the
assessment in order to upload the app data.
If your assessment has multiple online sections, tests or attempts, you should NOT finish the invigilation until your entire assessment
has been completed.
Should you encounter any technical difficulty, please WhatsApp The Invigilator Helpdesk on +27 (0)73 505 8273
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MAY/JUNE 2025
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June 2025
PSC3701
Contemporary Issues in Politics: Capita Selecta
First Examiner: Mrs AP Claassen Total Marks: 100
Second Examiner: Prof T Sithole Duration: 4 Hours
External Examiner: Dr G Wolmarans (UP)
This paper consists of three (3) pages.
Instructions:
1. You have a maximum of 4 hours to write this take-home examination starting on 03 June 2024 at 08:00 and
ending at 12:00.
2. This examination consists of FOUR (4) long essay questions from which you must CHOOSE TWO to answer.
3. Each essay counts 50 marks. The exam paper total is 100 marks.
4. This is an open-book examination, and additional research is outlined in the guidelines provided.
5. Clearly indicate which option you have selected.
6. Please ensure that you tick (‘sign’) the Honesty Declaration text box. If you fail to do so, you would not be
able to upload your examination answer file.
7. Ensure that you have downloaded the Invigilator App proctoring tool. This is a requirement for you to complete
the examination. Note also that TURNIT-IN will be used to determine whether plagiarism has been committed.
8. Ensure that your paper is saved as a SINGLE FILE in PDF format, only.
9. Do not encrypt the answer file with a security code.
10. Scanned pages must be saved as a SINGLE document and converted to PDF format, only. (Refer to the
‘Student Guide on ‘How to Scan and Prepare handwritten Exams’). Before scanning, ensure that all pages
are numbered correctly.
11. Ensure that the answer file whether TYPED or SCANNED does not exceed the stipulated 20MB limit,
otherwise it will not upload. (Refer to Student Guide on ‘How reduce a file size or compress a PDF’).
12. Ensure that the answer file is completely closed when uploading otherwise it may get ‘corrupted’.
13. Preview the file before uploading to check that you upload the correct file.
14. In case you submitted the incorrect file, you will be given a maximum of two (2) opportunities to resubmit via
the ‘eAssessment Tool on myExams’ (Please do not abuse this function).
15. If any hint of PLAGIARISM is detected, the necessary disciplinary action will be taken against you.
16. Please ensure that you submit the portfolio on the scheduled date and time. Minor leeway will be granted
to upload your answer file taking into consideration possible challenges you may encounter.
*NB: Students who fail to submit within the scheduled session times on the day of the examination will be marked
as absent.
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ESSAY GUIDELINES
• Select and write an essay on ANY TWO (2) of the following options below.
• It is essential that you keep to the topic. Take time to plan your essay.
• You are permitted to use the study guide. Each question is guided from an article, you
are allowed to access the article from the library website. No other sources may be
utilised to answer the question.
• The following articles may be used for this examination:
Bray, E. 2011. The Curse of Good Hospitality: Why Developing Countries
Shouldn’t Host International Sporting Events? SAIS Review of International
Affairs; 31(1): 99-102.
Dichter, H.L. 2021.The Diplomatic Turn: The New Relationship between Sport
and Politics. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 38(2-3): 247-263.
Grix, J. and Carmichael, F. 2012. Why do Governments Invest in Elite Sport? A
Polemic. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics; 4(1): 73-90.
Heere, B., Walker, M., and Gibson, H. 2013. The Power of Sport to Unite a Nation:
The Social Value of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. European Sport
Management Quarterly; 13(4): 450-471.
Jansen, J. 2019. Nationality Swapping in the Olympic Games 1978-2017: A
Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Analysing Discourses of Citizenship
and Nationhood. International Review for the Sociology of Sport; 54(8): 971-988.
Matheson, V. & Baade, R. 2004. Mega-Sporting Events in Developing Nations:
Playing the Way to Prosperity? Economics Departmental Working Papers. Paper
102.
Moodley, K & Heribert, A. 2000. Race and Nation in Post-Apartheid South Africa:
Patriotism, Nationalism and Non-Racialism. Current Sociology; 48(3): 51-69.
Poli, R. (2007). The Denationalisation of Sport: De-ethnicization of the Nation and
Identity Deterritorialization. Sport in Society, 10(4): 646-661.
Pop, C. 2013. The Modern Olympic Games – A Globalised Cultural and Sporting
Event. Procedia – Social and Behavioural Sciences; 92: 728-734.
Wollmann, A.S. (2016). Nationality requirements in Olympic sports. Maastricht
University.
Yu Lin, C., Chao Lee, P. and Fang Nai, H. 2008. Theorizing the Role of Sport in
State-Politics. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Science; 1(1): 23-32.
• PLAGIARISM OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
• The use of AI applications / programmes is not permitted.
• Ensure that each essay does NOT EXCEED 2500 words (roughly 5 pages).
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Date: 3 June 2025
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DAY OF ASSESSMENT:
Ensure you are connected to the internet in order to log into the Invigilator App and YOUR EXAM QR CODE & EXAM
scan this QR code. ACCESS CODE
If you encounter difficulty in scanning the QR code, you can alternatively enter the
Exam Access Code below the QR code to start the invigilation.
If you finish your assessment before the app timer has run out you need to press the
‘Finish Assessment’ button and follow instructions before you exit or minimise the app.
Scan the QR code at the start time of the assessment, unless otherwise specified by
your institution, note that you can only scan this QR code once.
The Invigilator App may request you to take photos of your examination script after the
assessment. Please follow the instructions on the app and take note that your
Exam Access Code: 99d4dc1c
academic institution may still require you to submit your script on the relevant portal.
The QR code is only scannable for a limited time and it should therefore be
scanned as soon as possible after the assessment commencement time.
Keep the Invigilator App open on your smartphone for the full duration of the assessment. You are not allowed to minimise or leave the
app during your assessment.
You must adhere to the assessment time limit communicated to you by your institution. The timer displayed in the Invigilator may vary
depending on the start time of invigilation.
FURTHER GUIDANCE
If you only have one device you may access your assessment in the application by pressing the ‘Access Browser’ button in the top right
corner of your app.
Once the QR code is scanned, ensure your media volume is turned up and place your smartphone next to you.
The Invigilator App will notify you with a notification beep when you are required to action a photo request, which you should then
perform as soon as possible.
We recommend that you keep your smartphone on charge for the duration of the assessment.
Ensure you are connected to the internet when commencing invigilation. You also need to be connected to the internet at the end of the
assessment in order to upload the app data.
If your assessment has multiple online sections, tests or attempts, you should NOT finish the invigilation until your entire assessment
has been completed.
Should you encounter any technical difficulty, please WhatsApp The Invigilator Helpdesk on +27 (0)73 505 8273
, PSC3701
MAY/JUNE 2025
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June 2025
PSC3701
Contemporary Issues in Politics: Capita Selecta
First Examiner: Mrs AP Claassen Total Marks: 100
Second Examiner: Prof T Sithole Duration: 4 Hours
External Examiner: Dr G Wolmarans (UP)
This paper consists of three (3) pages.
Instructions:
1. You have a maximum of 4 hours to write this take-home examination starting on 03 June 2024 at 08:00 and
ending at 12:00.
2. This examination consists of FOUR (4) long essay questions from which you must CHOOSE TWO to answer.
3. Each essay counts 50 marks. The exam paper total is 100 marks.
4. This is an open-book examination, and additional research is outlined in the guidelines provided.
5. Clearly indicate which option you have selected.
6. Please ensure that you tick (‘sign’) the Honesty Declaration text box. If you fail to do so, you would not be
able to upload your examination answer file.
7. Ensure that you have downloaded the Invigilator App proctoring tool. This is a requirement for you to complete
the examination. Note also that TURNIT-IN will be used to determine whether plagiarism has been committed.
8. Ensure that your paper is saved as a SINGLE FILE in PDF format, only.
9. Do not encrypt the answer file with a security code.
10. Scanned pages must be saved as a SINGLE document and converted to PDF format, only. (Refer to the
‘Student Guide on ‘How to Scan and Prepare handwritten Exams’). Before scanning, ensure that all pages
are numbered correctly.
11. Ensure that the answer file whether TYPED or SCANNED does not exceed the stipulated 20MB limit,
otherwise it will not upload. (Refer to Student Guide on ‘How reduce a file size or compress a PDF’).
12. Ensure that the answer file is completely closed when uploading otherwise it may get ‘corrupted’.
13. Preview the file before uploading to check that you upload the correct file.
14. In case you submitted the incorrect file, you will be given a maximum of two (2) opportunities to resubmit via
the ‘eAssessment Tool on myExams’ (Please do not abuse this function).
15. If any hint of PLAGIARISM is detected, the necessary disciplinary action will be taken against you.
16. Please ensure that you submit the portfolio on the scheduled date and time. Minor leeway will be granted
to upload your answer file taking into consideration possible challenges you may encounter.
*NB: Students who fail to submit within the scheduled session times on the day of the examination will be marked
as absent.
Page 1 of 4 TURN OVER
CONFIDENTIAL
, PSC3701 MAY/JUNE 2025
ESSAY GUIDELINES
• Select and write an essay on ANY TWO (2) of the following options below.
• It is essential that you keep to the topic. Take time to plan your essay.
• You are permitted to use the study guide. Each question is guided from an article, you
are allowed to access the article from the library website. No other sources may be
utilised to answer the question.
• The following articles may be used for this examination:
Bray, E. 2011. The Curse of Good Hospitality: Why Developing Countries
Shouldn’t Host International Sporting Events? SAIS Review of International
Affairs; 31(1): 99-102.
Dichter, H.L. 2021.The Diplomatic Turn: The New Relationship between Sport
and Politics. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 38(2-3): 247-263.
Grix, J. and Carmichael, F. 2012. Why do Governments Invest in Elite Sport? A
Polemic. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics; 4(1): 73-90.
Heere, B., Walker, M., and Gibson, H. 2013. The Power of Sport to Unite a Nation:
The Social Value of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. European Sport
Management Quarterly; 13(4): 450-471.
Jansen, J. 2019. Nationality Swapping in the Olympic Games 1978-2017: A
Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Analysing Discourses of Citizenship
and Nationhood. International Review for the Sociology of Sport; 54(8): 971-988.
Matheson, V. & Baade, R. 2004. Mega-Sporting Events in Developing Nations:
Playing the Way to Prosperity? Economics Departmental Working Papers. Paper
102.
Moodley, K & Heribert, A. 2000. Race and Nation in Post-Apartheid South Africa:
Patriotism, Nationalism and Non-Racialism. Current Sociology; 48(3): 51-69.
Poli, R. (2007). The Denationalisation of Sport: De-ethnicization of the Nation and
Identity Deterritorialization. Sport in Society, 10(4): 646-661.
Pop, C. 2013. The Modern Olympic Games – A Globalised Cultural and Sporting
Event. Procedia – Social and Behavioural Sciences; 92: 728-734.
Wollmann, A.S. (2016). Nationality requirements in Olympic sports. Maastricht
University.
Yu Lin, C., Chao Lee, P. and Fang Nai, H. 2008. Theorizing the Role of Sport in
State-Politics. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Science; 1(1): 23-32.
• PLAGIARISM OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
• The use of AI applications / programmes is not permitted.
• Ensure that each essay does NOT EXCEED 2500 words (roughly 5 pages).
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