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SEMESTER 2 – 2024 - UNISA
UNIQUE NUMBER: -
DUE DATE: - 14 OCTOBER 2024
Includes Footnotes and/or Bibliography.
PREVIEW
QUESTION 1
1.1 Read the paragraph below. Is the information true? Explain your answer.
The results of each general election have significant consequences. If the
majority party loses an election, everyone in government must resign, including
the public administration, and the members of the public service. Thus, the
officials within the public administration who do the core of the government’s work
and implement the political decisions taken by the members of the executive, as
well as those persons who work for national and provincial government
departments must resign and be replaced by individuals representing the new
political parties within the coalition that is formed. (2)
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, QUESTION 1
Read the paragraph below. Is the information true? Explain your answer.
1.1The results of each general election have significant consequences. If the
majority party loses an election, everyone in government must resign, including
the public administration, and the members of the public service. Thus, the officials
within the public administration who do the core of the government’s work and
implement the political decisions taken by the members of the executive, as well
as those persons who work for national and provincial government departments
must resign and be replaced by individuals representing the new political parties
within the coalition that is formed. (2)
1.2 Indicate whether the statement below is true or false. Explain your answer. The
rule of law, as an enshrined value in the Constitution, essentially means that all
legislation in South Africa must be obeyed by everyone as long as Parliament has
taken all the necessary procedural requirements in enacting that law, and no one
should challenge any legislation that has been duly passed by Parliament. (3)
1.3 Indicate whether the statement below is true or false. Explain your answer. In
accordance with Chapter 3 of the Constitution, all three spheres of government are
distinct, but instead of competing with each other, the Constitution envisages a co-
operative relationship to deliver the vision of the Constitution. (2)
1.4 In terms of the Constitution, the National Assembly is responsible for
performing specific functions. Which function in the paragraph below is not
correct? Explain your answer. At its first sitting after an election, the National
Assembly must appoint, from amongst its members, the President. The National
