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HISTORY P2
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History Grade 12 P2 NW June 2025 Question Paper (English)
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History/P2 2 NW/June 2025
Grade 12
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. This question paper consists of SECTION A and SECTION B based
on the Prescribed content framework in the CAPS document.
SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: THE CRISIS
OF APARTHEID IN THE 1980s
QUESTION 2: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA
AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 3: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH
AFRICA
QUESTION 4: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH
AFRICA AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST
2. SECTION A consists of TWO source-based questions. Source material
that is required to answer these questions will be found in the
ADDENDUM.
3. SECTION B consists of TWO essay questions.
4. Answer THREE questions as follows:
4.1 At least ONE must be a source-based question and at least ONE
must be an essay question.
4.2 The THIRD question may be either a source-based question or
an essay question.
5. You are advised to spend at least ONE hour per question.
6. When answering questions, you should apply your knowledge, skills and
insight.
7. You will be disadvantaged by merely rewriting of the sources as
answers.
8. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used
in this question paper.
9. Write clearly and legibly.
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SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE or TWO questions in this section.
Source material to be used to answer these questions is contained in the ADDENDUM.
QUESTION 1: HOW DID THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT (UDF) RESPOND
TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
BY THE WHITE-DOMINATED NATIONAL PARTY GOVERNMENT?
Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow.
1.1 Refer to Source 1A.
1.1.1 Name THREE groups of people that were represented in the
tricameral parliament. (3 x 1) (3)
1.1.2 Explain what the statement implies '… Botha symbolized
both the repression and the reform sides of government
policy. ‘ (1 x 2) (2)
1.1.3 Define the term electorate in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
1.1.4 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge,
explain why you think Africans would still not have the right
to vote under the tricameral parliament. (2 x 2) (4)
1.1.5 Identify the THREE chambers of the tricameral parliament. (3 x 1) (3)
1.2 Read Source 1B.
1.2.1 Why did so many people across South Africa begin to
organize community-based groups? (1 x 2) (2)
1.2.2 How did the UDF mobilise people and other organisations
throughout the country against the apartheid injustices? (1 x 2) (2)
1.2.3 Explain the meaning of Rev. Dr Allan Boesak's statement,
‘we cannot accept a ‘new deal’, which makes apartheid work
even better’. (2 x 2) (4)
1.2.4 Why would a historian consider this source to be reliable
regarding the origins of the United Democratic Front? (2 x 2) (4)
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1.3 Study Source 1C.
1.3.1 Explain what is implied by the words in the poster, 'TROOPS
OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS!', in the context of the UDF's
resistance to the tricameral parliament in 1983. (1 x 2) (2)
1.3.2 Quote TWO statements from the poster, that suggests the
UDF and the End Conscription Campaign called for all
soldiers to be withdrawn from the black townships. (2 x 1) (2)
1.4 Refer to Sources 1B and 1C. Explain how the evidence in Source
1C supports the information in Source 1B regarding the UDF's
internal resistance against apartheid reforms in 1983. (2 x 2) (4)
1.5 Use Source 1D.
1.5.1 Identify TWO institutions that could admit students of all
races after PW Botha abolished some apartheid laws. (2 x 1) (2)
1.5.2 Explain the concept boycott in the context of the UDF’s
protest against the apartheid reforms. (1 x 2) (2)
1.5.3 Why did the UDF affiliated civic associations in the Vaal
Triangle decided to support a refusal (boycott) to pay rents? (1 x 2) (2)
1.5.4 Comment on why the resistance in the 1980s was
considered to be more widespread than in 1976. (1 x 2) (2)
1.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write
a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (80 words), explaining how the United
Democratic Movement (UDF) respond to the introduction of the Tricameral
Parliament by the white dominated National Party government. (8)
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QUESTION 2: HOW DID THE TRC INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF ASHLEY KRIEL TO
PROMOTE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION?
Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow.
2.1 Refer to Source 2A.
2.1.1 Quote two reasons from the source for the establishment of
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? (2 x 1) (2)
2.1.2 Define the term reconciliation in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
2.1.3 Name THREE serious types of human rights abuses
committed by the security forces. (3 x 1) (3)
2.1.4 Comment on what is implied by the statement ‘the
commission had enough valuable information to confront the
perpetrators’. (2 x 2) (4)
2.2 Read Source 2B.
2.2.1 Why did the young activist Ashley Kriel covertly (secretly)
leave South Africa in 1985? (1 x 1) (1)
2.2.2 Name the TWO Security Branch officers who confronted Kriel
on the day he was killed. (2 x 1) (2)
2.2.3 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge,
explain the police version of events that resulted in Kriel’s
death. (2 x 2) (4)
2.2.4 List THREE reasons from the source why the family of Kriel
and many historians did not believe the explanation provided
by the police. (3 x 1) (3)
2.3 Study Source 1C.
2.3.1 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge,
comment on why the commission conducted these hearings? (2 x 2) (4)
2.3.2 Explain why a historian might consider this a useful source
when researching the investigations done by the TRC into
human rights abuses. (2 x 2) (4)
2.4 Compare Sources 2C and 2D. Explain how the information in Source
2C supports the evidence in Source 2D regarding the TRC hearings
into Human rights abuses by the security forces. (2 x 2) (4)
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2.5 Use Source 1D.
2.5.1 Name THREE high profile deaths of political activists that the
IJR regarded as suspicious and warrant further
investigations. (3 x 1) (3)
2.5.2 Explain the concept amnesty in the context of the TRC
hearings in South Africa. (1 x 2) (2)
2.5.3 Comment on why many families and victims would regard the
TRC’s decision to grant captain Jeffrey Benzien amnesty as
unjust? (2 x 2) (4)
2.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write
a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining whether the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was able to bring justice and
closure to the Kriel family? (8)
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SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTION
Answer ONE or TWO questions in this section.
Your essay should be about THREE pages long.
QUESTION 3: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH AFRICA
Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) contributed to the liberation of South
Africa by inspiring resistance to apartheid, encouraging self-reliance and
promoting psychological transformation.
Critically discuss this statement. Substantiate your answer with the relevant
historical evidence. [50]
QUESTION 4: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA
AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST
Nelson Mandela was solely responsible in sustaining the negotiation process
that ultimately led to a new democratic Republic of South Africa in 1994.
Do you agree with the statement? Support your line of argument with relevant
evidence. [50]
GRAND TOTAL: 150
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