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NSC November 2026 Papers & Memos: All Grade 12 Subjects
The NSC November 2026 exams run from 13 October to 26 November 2026. 59 of 111 papers have been written. Question papers and memos are added once a paper has been written; a paper still to be written shows its date and earlier papers to practise with. 11 papers have memos so far; unofficial memos are marked until the DBE releases the official ones.
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Week 1: 12–16 October 2026
Tuesday 13 October
Computer Applications Technology P1 (practical)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Tue 13 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu HL, FAL and SAL P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Tue 13 October
Hebrew SAL P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Tue 13 October
German HL, FAL and SAL P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Tue 13 October
Wednesday 14 October
Information Technology P1 (practical)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Wed 14 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Arabic, French, Italian, Mandarin, Modern Greek, Serbian and Spanish SAL P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Wed 14 October
Latin SAL P1
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Wed 14 October
Portuguese HL, FAL and SAL P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Wed 14 October
Thursday 15 October
English HL P3
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Thu 15 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
English FAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Thu 15 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
English SAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Thu 15 October
Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu HL P2
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Thu 15 October
Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu FAL and SAL P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Thu 15 October
Hebrew SAL P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Thu 15 October
German HL P2
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Thu 15 October
German FAL and SAL P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Thu 15 October
Friday 16 October
Economics P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Written Fri 16 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Mechanical Technology
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 16 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Design P1
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 16 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Week 2: 19–23 October 2026
Monday 19 October
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele HL P3
09:00 · 3 hours
- isiZulu HL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- isiXhosa HL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- siSwati HL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- isiNdebele HL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele FAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- isiZulu FAL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- isiXhosa FAL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- siSwati FAL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- isiNdebele FAL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele SAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- isiXhosa SAL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- isiNdebele SAL P3Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Agricultural Sciences P1
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Mon 19 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Tuesday 20 October
Afrikaans HL P3
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Tue 20 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Afrikaans FAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Tue 20 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Afrikaans SAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Tue 20 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
History P1
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Tue 20 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Maritime Economics
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Tue 20 October
Wednesday 21 October
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda HL P3
09:00 · 3 hours
- Sepedi HL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Sesotho HL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Setswana HL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Xitsonga HL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Tshivenda HL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda FAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Sepedi FAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Sesotho FAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Setswana FAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Xitsonga FAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Tshivenda FAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda SAL P3
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Sepedi SAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Sesotho SAL P3Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
South African Sign Language HL P3
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Wed 21 October
Information Technology P2 (theory)
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Wed 21 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Thursday 22 October
Accounting P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Written Thu 22 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Engineering Graphics and Design P1
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Thu 22 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Marine Sciences P1
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Thu 22 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Friday 23 October
Mathematics P1
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 23 OctoberQuestion paper · RetypedUnofficial memoOfficial memo when the DBE releases it All files
Mathematical Literacy P1
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 23 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Technical Mathematics P1
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 23 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu HL and FAL P3
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Fri 23 October
Portuguese and German HL and FAL P3
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Written Fri 23 October
Week 3: 26–30 October 2026
Monday 26 October
Mathematics P2
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Mon 26 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Mathematical Literacy P2
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Mon 26 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Technical Mathematics P2
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Mon 26 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Sport and Exercise Science
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Mon 26 October
Tuesday 27 October
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda HL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Sepedi HL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Sesotho HL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Setswana HL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Xitsonga HL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Tshivenda HL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda FAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Sepedi FAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Sesotho FAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Setswana FAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Xitsonga FAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Tshivenda FAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda SAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Sepedi SAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
- Sesotho SAL P1Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
South African Sign Language HL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Written Tue 27 October
Engineering Graphics and Design P2
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Tue 27 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Wednesday 28 October
English HL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Written Wed 28 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
English FAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Written Wed 28 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
English SAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Written Wed 28 October
Accounting P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Written Wed 28 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Thursday 29 October
Geography P1 (Climate and Weather, Geomorphology and Map Work)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Thu 29 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Computer Applications Technology P2 (theory)
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Thu 29 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Friday 30 October
Physical Sciences P1 (Physics)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 30 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Technical Sciences P1
09:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 30 OctoberQuestion paper coming · Memo coming
Tourism
14:00 · 3 hours
- Written Fri 30 OctoberUnofficial memoQuestion paper coming · Official memo when the DBE releases it All files
Week 4: 2–6 November 2026
Monday 2 November
Physical Sciences P2 (Chemistry)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Mon 2 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Technical Sciences P2
09:00 · 1½ hours
- Mon 2 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Religion Studies P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Mon 2 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Friday 6 November
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele HL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- isiZulu HL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiXhosa HL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- siSwati HL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiNdebele HL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele FAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- isiZulu FAL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiXhosa FAL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- siSwati FAL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiNdebele FAL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele SAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- isiXhosa SAL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
- isiNdebele SAL P1Fri 6 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Consumer Studies
14:00 · 3 hours
- Fri 6 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Hospitality Studies
14:00 · 3 hours
- Fri 6 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Week 5: 9–13 November 2026
Tuesday 10 November
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele HL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- isiZulu HL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiXhosa HL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- siSwati HL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiNdebele HL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele FAL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- isiZulu FAL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiXhosa FAL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- siSwati FAL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- isiNdebele FAL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati and isiNdebele SAL P2
09:00 · 1½ hours
- isiXhosa SAL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
- isiNdebele SAL P2Tue 10 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Electrical Technology
14:00 · 3 hours
- Tue 10 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Nautical Science P1
14:00 · 3 hours
- Tue 10 November, 14:00
Wednesday 11 November
Afrikaans HL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Wed 11 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Afrikaans FAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Wed 11 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Afrikaans SAL P1
09:00 · 2 hours
- Wed 11 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Business Studies P1
14:00 · 2 hours
- Wed 11 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Thursday 12 November
Geography P2 (Rural and Urban Settlements, Economic Geography of SA and Map Work)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Thu 12 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Religion Studies P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Thu 12 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Friday 13 November
Life Sciences P1
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Fri 13 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Arabic, French, Italian, Mandarin, Modern Greek, Serbian and Spanish SAL P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Fri 13 November, 14:00
Latin SAL P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Fri 13 November, 14:00
Portuguese HL P2
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Fri 13 November, 14:00
Portuguese FAL and SAL P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Fri 13 November, 14:00
Equine Studies
14:00 · 3 hours
- Fri 13 November, 14:00
Week 6: 16–20 November 2026
Monday 16 November
Life Sciences P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Mon 16 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Dramatic Arts
14:00 · 3 hours
- Mon 16 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Civil Technology
14:00 · 3 hours
- Mon 16 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Tuesday 17 November
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda HL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Sepedi HL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Sesotho HL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Setswana HL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
- Xitsonga HL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Tshivenda HL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda FAL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Sepedi FAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Sesotho FAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Setswana FAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Xitsonga FAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
- Tshivenda FAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga and Tshivenda SAL P2
09:00 · 1½ hours
- Sepedi SAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
- Sesotho SAL P2Tue 17 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
South African Sign Language HL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Tue 17 November, 09:00
Agricultural Sciences P2
14:00 · 2½ hours
- Tue 17 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Nautical Science P2
14:00 · 3 hours
- Tue 17 November, 14:00
Wednesday 18 November
Business Studies P2
09:00 · 2 hours
- Wed 18 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Visual Arts P1
14:00 · 3 hours
- Wed 18 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Thursday 19 November
English HL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Thu 19 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
English FAL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Thu 19 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
English SAL P2
09:00 · 1½ hours
- Thu 19 November, 09:00
History P2
14:00 · 3 hours
- Thu 19 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Friday 20 November
Afrikaans HL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Fri 20 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Afrikaans FAL P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Fri 20 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Afrikaans SAL P2
09:00 · 1½ hours
- Fri 20 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Economics P2
14:00 · 2 hours
- Fri 20 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Week 7: 23–27 November 2026
Monday 23 November
Agricultural Technology
09:00 · 3 hours
- Mon 23 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Music P1 (theory)
14:00 · 3 hours
- Mon 23 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Tuesday 24 November
Agricultural Management Practices
09:00 · 3 hours
- Tue 24 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Marine Sciences P2
09:00 · 2½ hours
- Tue 24 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Dance Studies
14:00 · 3 hours
- Tue 24 November, 14:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Wednesday 25 November
Music P2 (comprehension)
09:00 · 1½ hours
- Wed 25 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
Thursday 26 November
Computer Applications Technology P1 rewrite (practical)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Thu 26 November, 09:00Practise with earlier papers
Information Technology P1 rewrite (practical)
09:00 · 3 hours
- Thu 26 November, 09:00Practise with the NSC November 2025 papers
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