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This case study aims to provide key considerations that traditional residential universities should consider when deciding to offer a distance tuition programme alongside an existing contact tuition programme. The University of the Free State is the only residential university to offer the Bachelor of Laws through both contact and distance modes of tuition. Therefore, an evaluation of this programme serves as an ideal case study to extract specific and essential considerations that other institutions, faculties or departments may use when deciding to offer a distance tuition programme in addition to its contact programme. The case study suggests that it is not feasible to merely duplicate an existing contact tuition programme and present it as a distance programme. A distinct pedagogical approach must be followed. It entails training, redesign of material, and rethinking assessment policies. Faculties should weigh the potential benefits of presenting a distance LLB against the labour-intensive nature of distance tuition and its probable limited success in realising broader access and student success. The funding model for distance tuition remains problematic and is financially unfeasible and unsustainable for many higher education institutions. Rethinking the funding model will be one step closer to achieving the objectives set out in the distance tuition policy framework.

Golf tourism is an important segment of the overall tourism market, generating substantial economic growth and job creation. The national objective to "provide excellent people development and decent work within the tourism sector" is a high priority of South African Tourism. Generally, the tourism industry is not regarded as a provider of decent work. The consequences of not providing decent work cannot be ignored as it could negatively impact on both employees and golf tourists alike. Internal job satisfaction can be defined as satisfaction with the type of job employees perform and could thus differ substantially between corporate and tourism employees based on the fact that the jobs are different by nature. The purpose of the research was to measure the internal job satisfaction and overall job satisfaction of corporate and tourism employees employed at a reputable golf estate in South Africa. A newly developed index based on the literature review conducted was used to gather quantitative data from 92 employees. Overall, all the employees were satisfied with their jobs. The corporate employees were, however, significantly more satisfied than the tourism employees. Goal determination, feedback, recognition and creativity were identified as the variables (which loaded onto the one factor solution) with which the tourism employees were least satisfied.