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n Am I BI A u n IVER s ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOF ENGINEERINGAND THE BUILTENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENTOF LANDAND SPATIALSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION{S):BACHELOR/DIPLOMA- PROPERTYSTUDIES, LAND ADMINISTRATION,
GEOMATICS, AND TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
QUALIFICATION{S)CODE: 08BOPS, 06DIPS,
07BLAM, 06DGEO, 06DGEM, NQF LEVEL:5
07BGEO,07BGEM,07BTAR
COURSECODE: LTSS20S
COURSENAME: LAND TENURE SYSTEMS
EXAMSSESSION:JANUARY 2025
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
SECONDOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER{S) PROF UCHENDU E. CHIGBU
MODERATOR: MR AMIN ISSA
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read the entire question paper before answering the Questions.
2. Please write clearly and legibly!
3. The question paper contains a total of 4 questions.
4. You must answer ALLQUESTIONS.
5. Make sure your Student Number is on the EXAMINATION BOOK(S).
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. None
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 6 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.
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a) Define the term common property?
b) What is land expropriation?
c) Is the land reform of Namibia achieving its goal of land redistribution?
d) List two activities that must be undertaken in an 11enumeration of tenure ? 11
e) What are the land tenure types found in commercial areas of Namibia?
f) What makes land a major factor of development of any country?
g) Who is the 11Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)" and what do they do?
h) What is land dispossession?
i) Name and describe two consequences of tenure insecurity?
j) What are the five ways by which a person can access land?
k) State the two types of reforms that the Namibian government is implementing to correct the
past imbalances in land distribution.
I) Why did the government of Namibia introduce the Flexible Land Tenure?
m) Define a land tool?
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n) What is land adjudication?
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o) What measures can be taken to improve living conditions in the rural areas of Namibia?
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Question 2
Identify (and list) five measures which can be applied by land professionals to resolve the 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.
(30)
a) List 2 major characteristics of communal land tenure?
b) What is the main objective of the ongoing land reform in Namibia?
c) What do you understand by the term "enumeration of tenure"?
d) What is land administration?
e) Explain what you understand by "land governance?"
f) What was the dominant land tenure in Namibia before colonisation?
g) What is land reform?
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h) Explain what you understand by religious land tenure regime?
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i) In the context of Namibia's colonial history, what do understand by the "red line"?
j) Why were native reserves established in colonial Namibia?
k) Why is property ownership considered superior to other forms of land rights?
I) What is land registration?
m) What is a Land hold title?
n) What is land repossession?
o) When can you say that tenure is insecure?
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Question 4
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Study the diagram shown above carefully. Answer all questions below based on the information
depicted in the diagram (and what you learned in this course). Each challenge listed and explained
carries 2 marks.
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a) What does the diagram represent - tenure continuum or tenure enumeration or both?
Why?
b) Considering the positions of the "lease-holder" and "tenant with contract" in the diagram,
who is more secure?
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c) Can a pavement dweller exercise the right "develop/improve" land or property. Why?
d) Who is the most insecure in the diagram? Why?
e) Who is a freeholder?
f) What tenure category is the pavement dweller. Why?
g) The right to "dispose" lies with the freeholder. Why?
h) Considering the positions of the "tenant with contract" and "tenant in unauthorised
subdivision" in the diagram, who is more insecure?
i) What can a pavement dweller do to become a squatter tenant?
j) Who is the most secure in the diagram? Why?
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