FIRST SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT 02

FIRST SEMESTER: ASSIGNMENT 02

UNIQUE NUMBER:
DUE DATE: 2024

Take note of the following:

Submission of the first compulsory assignment will give a student admission to the
examination. The marks for this assignment will contribute 10% to the student’s final
marks. The marks a student obtains for the second compulsory assignment, will
contribute another 10% to the student’s final marks. The examination will then contribute
80% towards a student’s final marks.
Consequently, students who only submit the first compulsory assignment will have
admission to the examination but will lose the opportunity of adding the marks to be
obtained for the second compulsory assignment to their final marks. They will
nevertheless be admitted to the examination.
The marks obtained for the assignments will - provided you obtain an examination mark
of at least 40% - count 20% of your final mark. YOU NEED TO OBTAIN A SUBMINIMUM
OF 40% IN THE EXAMINATION BEFORE YOUR YEAR MARK WILL BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

ASSIGNMENT 02 S1
Mantsho and Moshoueu, LLB students for RR University are engaged in a conversation
in a train from Pretoria to Tembisa. You are in the same train minding your business but
the issue they are discussing catches your attention because it relates to one of the labour
law aspects. What sparked the conversation is that a certain Lepara who had reported to
work under the influence of an unknown intoxicating substance was told to leave the
employer’s business premises and never to set his foot there ever again. Mantsho and
Moshoueu think that the employer’s conduct amounted to an automatically unfair
dismissal because the employer did not afford Lepara an opportunity for a fair hearing. A

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lady next to you, Lefofa who is studying Journalism at the same University nods her head
in agreement with Mantsho and Moshoueu.

Advise with reference to the relevant authority whether the view shared by Mantsho,
Moshoueu and Lefofa is legally correct, give reasons for your answer and define an
automatically unfair dismissal. (10)
TOTAL:[10]