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MRL3702
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ASSIGNMENT 2 MEMO
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SEMESTER 1 – 2025 - UNISA
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DUE DATE: - 16 APRIL 2025
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ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW
Mokoko works for Ko-Diplaseng (Pty) Ltd (KD) as a truck driver. He loads and delivers potatoes to all branches of
Mazimba Factories (MF) in South Africa. For long distances, KD would normally give Mokoko a petty cash to enable
him to buy food to eat when he feels hunger, book a hotel room when he feels tired, and to proceed with a safe trip
the following day when he is refreshed. One day as Mokoko was on his way to deliver potatoes from Pretoria to
Cape Town he noticed a lady with ababy on her back walking alongside the road between two remote towns. Out
of sympathy, Mokoko stopped and gave the lady a lift. When they got to the next town, dusk had fallen, and he
decided to take a fifteen kilometers detour, just to make sure that the lady and her baby arrived safely at home.
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, Mokoko works for Ko-Diplaseng (Pty) Ltd (KD) as a truck driver. He loads and delivers
potatoes to all branches of Mazimba Factories (MF) in South Africa. For long distances,
KD would normally give Mokoko a petty cash to enable him to buy food to eat when he
feels hunger, book a hotel room when he feels tired, and to proceed with a safe trip the
following day when he is refreshed. One day as Mokoko was on his way to deliver
potatoes from Pretoria to Cape Town he noticed a lady with ababy on her back walking
alongside the road between two remote towns. Out of sympathy, Mokoko stopped and
gave the lady a lift. When they got to the next town, dusk had fallen, and he decided to
take a fifteen kilometers detour, just to make sure that the lady and her baby arrived
safely at home. Due to poor lighting in the village, Mokoko could not see a donkey cart
entering the road and he hit it. As a result, the truck and the cart were damaged and
the legs of the two donkeys which pulled the cart, were broken. A veterinarian report
indicated that the donkeys would no longer be of any use because of their injuries. The
owner of the cart, a 58 years old, Radipitsi who is unemployed and relied on cart
services he offered to the locals to survive, wants the truck driver to pay the cost of
both the damaged cart and injured donkeys to the value of R150 000.00. Radipitsi has
lost a source of his income and Mokoko is not in a position to compensate Radipitsi.
Answer the following questions with reference to the applicable legal authority:
(i) Advise Radipitsi of the applicable labour law principle that he may rely on to
successfully claim for his loss and how that principle works. (5)
(ii) What could be a possible defense by KD against the use of the principle in (i). (2)
(iii) Assuming that the principle in (i) is used successfully, discuss whether KD will
automatically be entitled to make deductions from Mokoko’ salary to cover the cost it
incurred in (i) and why? (3)
SELLING” memos for the year 2024.
MRL3702
Labour law
ASSIGNMENT 2 MEMO
+ FREE EXTRA EXAMPACK/
NOTES BOOKLET
SEMESTER 1 – 2025 - UNISA
UNIQUE NUMBER: -
DUE DATE: - 16 APRIL 2025
Footnotes/Bibliography included
ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW
Mokoko works for Ko-Diplaseng (Pty) Ltd (KD) as a truck driver. He loads and delivers potatoes to all branches of
Mazimba Factories (MF) in South Africa. For long distances, KD would normally give Mokoko a petty cash to enable
him to buy food to eat when he feels hunger, book a hotel room when he feels tired, and to proceed with a safe trip
the following day when he is refreshed. One day as Mokoko was on his way to deliver potatoes from Pretoria to
Cape Town he noticed a lady with ababy on her back walking alongside the road between two remote towns. Out
of sympathy, Mokoko stopped and gave the lady a lift. When they got to the next town, dusk had fallen, and he
decided to take a fifteen kilometers detour, just to make sure that the lady and her baby arrived safely at home.
Disclaimer
Extreme care has been used by our Tutors to draft this document, however the contents are provided “as is” without any representations or
warranties, express or implied. This document is to be used for comparison, research and reference purposes ONLY. No part of this document
may be reproduced, resold or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the Author. – LLB EXAMPACKS
& TUTORIALS.
PAST PAPERS & MEMOS, ASSIGNMENT MEMOS, NOTES, SUMMARIES & TUITONS.
Cell: 062 810 8624 Email:
Fax: 086 096 5452 www.llbexampacksandtutorials.co.za
, Mokoko works for Ko-Diplaseng (Pty) Ltd (KD) as a truck driver. He loads and delivers
potatoes to all branches of Mazimba Factories (MF) in South Africa. For long distances,
KD would normally give Mokoko a petty cash to enable him to buy food to eat when he
feels hunger, book a hotel room when he feels tired, and to proceed with a safe trip the
following day when he is refreshed. One day as Mokoko was on his way to deliver
potatoes from Pretoria to Cape Town he noticed a lady with ababy on her back walking
alongside the road between two remote towns. Out of sympathy, Mokoko stopped and
gave the lady a lift. When they got to the next town, dusk had fallen, and he decided to
take a fifteen kilometers detour, just to make sure that the lady and her baby arrived
safely at home. Due to poor lighting in the village, Mokoko could not see a donkey cart
entering the road and he hit it. As a result, the truck and the cart were damaged and
the legs of the two donkeys which pulled the cart, were broken. A veterinarian report
indicated that the donkeys would no longer be of any use because of their injuries. The
owner of the cart, a 58 years old, Radipitsi who is unemployed and relied on cart
services he offered to the locals to survive, wants the truck driver to pay the cost of
both the damaged cart and injured donkeys to the value of R150 000.00. Radipitsi has
lost a source of his income and Mokoko is not in a position to compensate Radipitsi.
Answer the following questions with reference to the applicable legal authority:
(i) Advise Radipitsi of the applicable labour law principle that he may rely on to
successfully claim for his loss and how that principle works. (5)
(ii) What could be a possible defense by KD against the use of the principle in (i). (2)
(iii) Assuming that the principle in (i) is used successfully, discuss whether KD will
automatically be entitled to make deductions from Mokoko’ salary to cover the cost it
incurred in (i) and why? (3)
