# History Grade 12 P2 NSC November Mock 2026 QP (Eng) > Grade 12 History Paper 2 question paper from the NSC November Mock Exam 2026 (English), 9 pages. 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Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Mock hlayiso mock exams Practice Series: Grade 12 NSC Preparation WWW.HLAYISO.COM NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 HISTORY P2 MOCK EXAMINATION 2026 MARKS: 150 TIME: 3 hours This question paper consists of 9 pages and an addendum of 11 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 2 History/P2 2 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 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: SOUTH AFRICA: THE CHALLENGE OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE APARTHEID STATE QUESTION 2: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST QUESTION 3: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND A NEW WORLD ORDER, 1989 TO THE PRESENT SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS QUESTION 4: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH AFRICA: THE CRISIS OF APARTHEID IN THE 1980s QUESTION 5: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST QUESTION 6: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND A NEW WORLD ORDER: THE EVENTS OF 1989 2. SECTION A consists of THREE source-based questions. Source material that is required to answer these questions can be found in the ADDENDUM. 3. SECTION B consists of THREE 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 can 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 the sources as answers. 8. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper. 9. Write neatly and legibly. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 3 History/P2 3 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions, in this section. Source material to be used to answer these questions is contained in the ADDENDUM. QUESTION 1: HOW DID THE BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT CHALLENGE THE APARTHEID STATE IN THE 1970s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow. 1.1 Use Source 1A. 1.1.1 Name TWO liberation movements in the source that had been banned since 1960. (2 x 1) (2) 1.1.2 Explain why the banning of these liberation movements created a ‘political vacuum’ in South Africa in the 1960s. (1 x 2) (2) 1.1.3 Give TWO reasons from the source why black students broke away from the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). (2 x 1) (2) 1.1.4 Define the term Black Consciousness in your own words. (1 x 2) (2) 1.2 Read Source 1B. 1.2.1 Explain why Black Consciousness leaders established community projects such as the Zanempilo Community Health Centre. (1 x 2) (2) 1.2.2 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain why the apartheid government placed Steve Biko under a banning order in 1973. (2 x 2) (4) 1.2.3 Comment on why the Black Consciousness Movement organised rallies to celebrate the coming to power of FRELIMO in Mozambique in 1974. (1 x 2) (2) 1.3 Study Source 1C. 1.3.1 Quote evidence from the source which suggests what triggered the protest of the Soweto students on 16 June 1976. (1 x 2) (2) 1.3.2 Explain how the South African Students’ Movement (SASM) spread the ideas of Black Consciousness among learners in Soweto. (1 x 2) (2) 1.3.3 Explain the messages conveyed by the photograph regarding the response of the police to the protest of the Soweto students. (2 x 2) (4) 1.3.4 Comment on the usefulness of the photograph to a historian researching the events of 16 June 1976. (2 x 2) (4) 1.4 Refer to Sources 1A and 1C. Explain how the ideas of Black Consciousness in Source 1A influenced the actions of the students in Source 1C. (2 x 2) (4) 1.5 Consult Source 1D. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 4 History/P2 4 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 1.5.1 State the date on which, according to the source, Steve Biko was detained in 1977. (1 x 1) (1) 1.5.2 List THREE ways in the source in which Biko was ill-treated while in police custody. (3 x 1) (3) 1.5.3 Define the term detention without trial in your own words. (1 x 2) (2) 1.5.4 What does the statement by the Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, that Biko’s death ‘leaves me cold’, suggest about the attitude of the apartheid government? (1 x 2) (2) 1.5.5 Explain why the apartheid government banned Black Consciousness organisations and The World newspaper on 19 October 1977. (1 x 2) (2) 1.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining how the Black Consciousness Movement challenged the apartheid state in the 1970s. (8) [50] Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 5 History/P2 5 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock QUESTION 2: HOW DID THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (TRC) ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH SOUTH AFRICA’S VIOLENT PAST? Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow. 2.1 Refer to Source 2A. 2.1.1 Identify THREE words in the source that describe South African society before the adoption of this Constitution. (3 x 1) (3) 2.1.2 Explain why the Interim Constitution was described as a ‘historic bridge’ between South Africa’s past and its future. (1 x 2) (2) 2.1.3 Define the term amnesty in your own words. (1 x 2) (2) 2.1.4 Explain what was meant by the statement that there was ‘a need for understanding but not for vengeance’. (1 x 2) (2) 2.1.5 Comment on the usefulness of this source to a historian researching why the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established. (2 x 2) (4) 2.2 Read Source 2B. 2.2.1 According to the source, from which date was the Commission to investigate gross violations of human rights? (1 x 1) (1) 2.2.2 Give TWO requirements in the source that a person had to meet in order to be granted amnesty. (2 x 1) (2) 2.2.3 Explain why the Commission gave victims ‘an opportunity to relate their own accounts’ of the violations they suffered. (1 x 2) (2) 2.2.4 Explain the term reparation in the context of the work of the TRC. (1 x 2) (2) 2.3 Study Source 2C. 2.3.1 Who, according to the source, was the chairperson of the TRC? (1 x 1) (1) 2.3.2 Name the committee in the source that was responsible for: (a) Deciding on applications for amnesty (1 x 1) (1) (b) Recommending ways to compensate victims (1 x 1) (1) 2.3.3 Explain why the TRC needed three separate committees to carry out its work. (1 x 2) (2) 2.4 Refer to Sources 2B and 2C. Explain how the information in Source 2C supports the evidence in Source 2B regarding the objectives of the TRC. (2 x 2) (4) 2.5 Consult Source 2D. 2.5.1 Name the THREE families in the source who challenged the amnesty provisions of the TRC in the Constitutional Court. (3 x 1) (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 6 History/P2 6 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 2.5.2 Explain why these families opposed the granting of amnesty to the perpetrators of human rights violations. (2 x 2) (4) 2.5.3 Why do you think former State President PW Botha refused to appear before the TRC? (1 x 2) (2) 2.5.4 What does the once-off payment of R30 000 suggest about the government’s response to the TRC’s recommendations on reparations? (1 x 2) (2) 2.5.5 Explain why some victims felt that the TRC process sacrificed justice for the sake of reconciliation. (1 x 2) (2) 2.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining how the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) attempted to deal with South Africa’s violent past. (8) [50] Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 7 History/P2 7 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock QUESTION 3: WHAT IMPACT DID GLOBALISATION HAVE ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR? Study Sources 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D and answer the questions that follow. 3.1 Refer to Source 3A. 3.1.1 When, according to the source, was the Soviet Union dissolved? (1 x 1) (1) 3.1.2 Name TWO international financial institutions mentioned in the source. (2 x 1) (2) 3.1.3 Define the term globalisation in your own words. (1 x 2) (2) 3.1.4 Explain why the end of the Cold War left the United States of America (USA) as the world’s only superpower. (1 x 2) (2) 3.1.5 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain why many developing countries had little choice but to accept the conditions attached to loans from these institutions. (2 x 2) (4) 3.2 Read Source 3B. 3.2.1 Quote the ‘central challenge’ that the world faced, according to the source. (1 x 2) (2) 3.2.2 Identify the TWO groups of countries in the source that faced ‘special difficulties’ in responding to globalisation. (2 x 1) (2) 3.2.3 Explain what is meant by the statement that the benefits of globalisation ‘are very unevenly shared’. (1 x 2) (2) 3.2.4 Comment on the reliability of this source to a historian researching the impact of globalisation on developing countries. (2 x 2) (4) 3.3 Study Source 3C. 3.3.1 Identify TWO pieces of visual evidence in the cartoon which suggest that the developed countries enjoyed the benefits of globalisation. (2 x 1) (2) 3.3.2 Explain the symbolism of the following in the cartoon: (a) The rope tying the small boat to the large ship (1 x 2) (2) (b) The water labelled ‘DEBT’ inside the small boat (1 x 2) (2) 3.3.3 What message does the cartoonist convey regarding the relationship between developed and developing countries in a globalised world? (1 x 2) (2) 3.4 Refer to Sources 3B and 3C. Explain how the information in Source 3B supports the visual evidence in Source 3C regarding the impact of globalisation on developing countries. (2 x 2) (4) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 8 History/P2 8 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 3.5 Consult Source 3D. 3.5.1 Name THREE cities in the source where events opposing the existing form of globalisation took place. (3 x 1) (3) 3.5.2 Explain the slogan ‘Another world is possible’ in the context of the anti-globalisation movement. (1 x 2) (2) 3.5.3 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain why structural adjustment programmes were unpopular in many African countries. (1 x 2) (2) 3.5.4 Explain why many South African clothing and textile workers lost their jobs as a result of globalisation. (1 x 2) (2) 3.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining the impact that globalisation had on developing countries after the end of the Cold War. (8) [50] Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 9 History/P2 9 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS Answer at least ONE question, but NOT more than TWO questions, in this section. Your essay should be about THREE pages long. QUESTION 4: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH AFRICA: THE CRISIS OF APARTHEID IN THE 1980s PW Botha’s reforms of the 1980s were an attempt to modernise apartheid, not to end it. Instead of bringing stability, they intensified resistance and plunged the apartheid state into crisis. Do you agree with this statement? Use relevant evidence to support your line of argument. [50] QUESTION 5: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST The negotiations between 1990 and 1994 succeeded in bringing democracy to South Africa despite the many obstacles that threatened to derail the process. Critically discuss this statement. Support your line of argument with relevant historical evidence. [50] QUESTION 6: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND A NEW WORLD ORDER: THE EVENTS OF 1989 Explain to what extent the collapse of the Soviet Union and the events of 1989 created the conditions for both the National Party government and the African National Congress to move towards a negotiated settlement in South Africa. Use relevant historical evidence to support your line of argument. 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