OVM3701 Assignment 2 Semester 1 2026 – Due 28 March 2026

OVM3701 Assignment 2

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QUESTION 1:
Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow:
Case study
Khomotso Tladi was charged for complicity in the murder of her husband, Andrew
Tladi, a senior Limpopo health department official. He was shot several times and his
body dumped hundreds of kilometres away from his home. His total estate amounted
to nearly R4 million (News 24, 2005).
Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Captain Malcolm Mokomene, confirmed that four
other people were arrested in connection with Tladi’s death. Two of them, Gilbert
Makhobela, 43, and Samson Mogalaka, 32, are the alleged killers, while the other two,
Eva Sithole, 43, and Gustav Snyman, 19, are part of the team called the “brains behind
the plan to kill Tladi” on 3 December 2004. According to the statement, Tladi’s wife
simply wanted the killers to “scare” her husband in order to convince him that
Polokwane is a dangerous place. This was after he allegedly asked her to relocate
with him to Polokwane, where he has been working for four months as a senior
manager in Limpopo’s Health and Social Development Department.

Question 1
Please note that in answering the questions below, you will be expected to include the
following: the title, a cover page, a table of contents, an introduction, a definition of the
concepts, a discussion, a conclusion and a list of references.

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1.1 Discuss the modus operandi used in the above case study.

1.1.1 Explain what the term “trademarks” means in the context of modus operandi. (5)
1.1.2 Identify the trademarks that form part of the criminals’ modus operandi in the
planning phase, while committing the crime, and after committing the crime using the
above case study.