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n Am I BI A u n IV ER s ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF ENGIN EERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRON M ENT
DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND SPATIAL SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION(S): BACHELOR/DIPLOMA - PROPERTY STUDIES, LAND ADM INISTRATION,
GEOMATICS, AND TOWN AND REG IONAL PLANN ING
QUALIFICATION(S) CODE: 08BOPS, 06DIPS,
07BLAM, 06DGEO, 06DGEM, NQF LEVEL: 5
07BGEO, 07BGEM, 07BTAR
COURSE CODE: LTS520S
COURSE NAME: LAND TENURE SYSTEMS
EXAMS SESSION: DECEMBER 2025
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY/SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAM INER(S) PROF UCHENDU E. CHIGBU
MODERATOR: MR AMIN ISSA
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read the entire question paper before answering t h e Questions.
2. Please w r ite clearly and legibly!
3. The question paper contains a total of 4 questions.
4. You must answer ALL QUESTIONS.
5. Make sure your Student Number is on the EXAMINATION BOOK{S).
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. None
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PAGES (Including this front page)
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Question 1
In 2-4 sentences answer the following questions, with a focus on showing your understanding of the
subjects. Each correct answer carries 2 marks.
1.1 In your own words, what does tenure security mean?
1.2 Name and describe two consequences of tenure insecurity?
1.3 List the three "Rs" in land/property rights and briefly explain what they mean.
1.4 What was the dominant land tenure in Namibia before colonisation?
1.5 What is meant by the term tenure continuum?
1.6 Define the term common property.
1.7 Who is the "Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)" and what do they do?
1.8 What is meant by the term bundle of rights?
1.9 What are the land tenure types found in the urban areas of Namibia?
1.10 What are the five ways by which a person can access land?
1.11 State the two types of reforms that the Namibian government is implementing to correct the past
imbalances in land distribution.
1.12 Why did the government of Namibia introduce the Flexible Land Tenure?
1.13 What does it mean to register land?
1.14 Why do we register land rights?
1.15 When can you say that tenure is insecure?
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Question 2
Identify (and list) five measures which can be applied by land professionals to resolve the many land-
related problems Namibia is facing. Briefly explain how these measures are being implemented. Each
challenge listed and explained carries 4 marks.
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Question 3
In one or two sentences, answer the following questions. Each correct question carries 2 marks.
3.1 List 2 major characteristics of property rights?
3.2 Explain the role of the deeds registry in providing security of tenure in Namibia.
3.3 What is land reform?
3.4 What constitutes land rights?
3.5 Explain what you understand by " land dispossession"
3.6 What makes land a major factor in the development of any country?
3.7 List 2 activities that must be undertaken in an "enumeration of tenure?"
3.8 Explain what you understand by religious land tenure regime?
3.9 Why was the Flexible Land Tenure Act (2012) enacted in Namibia?
3.10 Identify 2 obligations/responsibilities that the government imposes on property owners or users?
3.11 Why is property ownership considered superior to other forms of land rights?
3.12 What is a land tool?
3.13 What is a Land hold title?
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3.14 What is land repossession?
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3.15 W hat measures ca n be taken to improve living conditions in the rural areas of Namibia?
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Question 4
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Study the diagram show n above carefully. Answer all questi ons be low based on the information depicted in
the diagram (and what you learned in this course). Each challenge listed and explained carries 2 marks.
4.1 What does the diagram represent?
4.2 What does the diagram represent - tenure continuum or t enure enumeration or both? Why?
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4.3 Considering the positions of the "pavement dweller" and "squatter owner" in the diagram, who is
more secure? Why?
4.4 Can a pavement dweller exercise the right "develop/improve" land or property. Why?
4.5 Who is the most insecure in the diagram? Why?
4.6 What tenure category is the pavement dweller. Why?
4.7 The right to "dispose" lies with the freeholder. Why?
4.8 All tenure categories have "occupy/use" right. Why?_
4.9 What can a pavement dweller do to become a squatter tenant?
4.10 Who is the most secure in the diagram? Why?
4.11 What do the yellow (or shaded) colours in the diagram represent in the context of land tenure?
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