# Social Sciences Grade 9 Paper 2 November Mock 2026 Memo

> Grade 9 Social Sciences Paper 2 memorandum from the November Mock Exam 2026, 7 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, question paper linked when available.

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- Updated: 2026-10-26
- Subject: Social Sciences
- Grade: Grade 9
- Document type: Memorandum
- Year: 2026
- Exam period: November Mock Exam
- Paper: 2
- Publisher: Hlayiso
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 7

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SENIOR PHASE
END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION
GRADE 9
SOCIAL SCIENCES P2
HISTORY
NOVEMBER 2026 (MOCK)
MARKING GUIDELINES
MARKS: 75
These marking guidelines consist of 7 pages.

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Social Sciences/P2
2
Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines
Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NOTE TO MARKERS:
• Accept alternative answers that are correct and relevant to the question, even if they are
not listed here. Learners may use their own words.
• (1 x 2) means ONE point worth 2 marks: give 2 marks for a complete, well-explained
point and 1 mark for a partly correct or vague point.
• (2 x 1) means TWO points of 1 mark each. Where a question asks for a number of points
(e.g. TWO), mark only the first points given, in the order written.
• Do not penalise spelling errors in names (e.g. Pieterson/Peterson, Mashinini/Mashinin,
Sobukwe/Sobukhwe) if the person is clearly identified.
• Opinion questions (2.2.5, 2.3.4, 4.1.6): credit any reasonable view that is supported by
a historically correct reason.
• Cognitive levels are shown as [L1] (recall/extract), [L2] (explain/understand) and [L3]
(interpret/evaluate/compare).
• QUESTION 5 is marked with the paragraph rubric at the end of these marking guidelines.
SECTION A: TURNING POINTS IN MODERN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1948
QUESTION 1
1.1
1.1.1 B (1)
1.1.2 C (1)
1.1.3 C (1)
1.1.4 B (1)
1.1.5 A (1) [L1]
(5 x 1) (5)
1.2
1.2.1 B (1)
1.2.2 D (1)
1.2.3 E (1)
1.2.4 F (1)
1.2.5 A (1) [L1]
(5 x 1) (5)
[10]
QUESTION 2
2.1.1
Group Areas Act (of 1950) (1) [L1]
(Accept: Natives Resettlement Act of 1954)
(1 x 1) (1)
2.1.2
Meadowlands (in Soweto) (1) [L1]
(1 x 1) (1)
2.1.3
It was close to white suburbs / the government called it a ‘black
spot’ (1)
Black people owned land there, which the government did not want
in a ‘white’ city (1)
People of different races lived together, which went against
apartheid (1)
The government wanted the land for white people (Triomf was built
there) (1)
[L2] [ANY TWO]
(2 x 1) (2)
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2.1.4
People lost their homes and the land they owned (2)
They were moved far from their jobs in the city and had to pay more
for transport (2)
Families, friends and neighbours were split up because each race
group was sent to a different area (2)
A lively community and its culture (jazz, writing, sport) was
destroyed (2)
People were humiliated / traumatised when armed police moved
them by force (2)
The new township houses were small and had few facilities (2)
[L2] [ANY TWO]
(2 x 2) (4)
2.2.1
The Defiance Campaign (1) [L1]
(1 x 1) (1)
2.2.2
Kliptown (near Johannesburg / Soweto) (1) [L1]
(Accept: at the Congress of the People)
(1 x 1) (1)
2.2.3
All adults (of all races) should have the right to vote / take part in
government (2)
South Africa should be a democracy in which the majority choose
the government (2)
(1 mark for a vague answer such as ‘the people must rule’) [L2]
(1 x 2) (2)
2.2.4
To protest against the pass laws being extended to women (2)
They wanted the government to stop forcing (black) women to carry
passes (2)
To hand over petitions against passes for women to the Prime
Minister (Strijdom) (2)
[L2] [ANY ONE]
(1 x 2) (2)
2.2.5
The government saw the Freedom Charter as a threat because it
demanded equal rights and an end to white minority rule (2)
The government claimed that the leaders were communists who
wanted to overthrow the state (by violence) (2)
To stop / weaken the resistance movement by keeping its leaders
busy in court for years (2)
[L3] [ANY ONE]
(1 x 2) (2)
2.3.1
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) (1)
Robert Sobukwe (1) [L1]
(2 x 1) (2)
2.3.2
The crowd was noisy and aggressive / some people threw stones
(1)
The police feared that the station would be overrun / to protect their
lives (1) [L1] [ANY ONE]
(1 x 1) (1)
2.3.3
Source 2C says the crowd was aggressive, threw stones and
threatened the police, BUT Source 2D says the crowd was peaceful
(singing, laughing, women with babies) and had no guns (2)
Source 2C suggests the police had to fire in self-defence, BUT
Source 2D says there was no warning and people were shot in the
back while running away (2)
(Learners must refer to BOTH sources for 2 marks; 1 mark if only
one source is described.) [L3]
(1 x 2) (2)
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2.3.4
The police wanted to justify the shooting / avoid blame for the
deaths (2)
The police statement gives only the government’s / police side; the
eyewitness had no reason to protect the police (2)
The police version is biased (one-sided), while the eyewitness saw
what happened from close by (2)
[L3] [ANY ONE]
(1 x 2) (2)
2.3.5
The government declared a state of emergency and banned the
ANC and PAC (1960) (1)
The liberation movements gave up non-violent protest and turned to
armed struggle (Umkhonto we Sizwe / Poqo, 1961) (1)
Many leaders were arrested or went into exile / organisations went
underground (1)
The world condemned apartheid; it led to growing international
isolation (1)
21 March is now remembered as Human Rights Day (1)
[L2] [ANY TWO]
(2 x 1) (2)
[25]
TOTAL SECTION A: 35
SECTION B: TURNING POINTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY: 1976 AND 1990
QUESTION 3
3.1
3.1.1 B (1)
3.1.2 A (1)
3.1.3 C (1)
3.1.4 B (1)
3.1.5 A (1) [L1]
(5 x 1) (5)
3.2
B, E, A, D, C [L2]
(B Soweto uprising 1976; E death of Steve Biko 1977; A UDF
formed 1983; D Mandela released 1990; C first democratic election
1994)
Give 1 mark for each letter in the correct position.
(5 x 1) (5)
[10]
QUESTION 4
4.1.1
16 June (1976) (1) [L1]
(1 x 1) (1)
4.1.2
Afrikaans (1) [L1]
(1 x 1) (1)
4.1.3
‘Away with Afrikaans’ – learners did not want to be taught in
Afrikaans / it made learning difficult (2)
‘We want equal education’ – black learners received poorer
education than white learners and wanted the same standard (2)
‘Blacks are not dustbins’ – learners felt they were being treated as
worthless / given a rubbish education (2)
‘Release our students’ – learners who had protested had been
arrested and they wanted them freed (2)
‘Down with Bantu Education’ – they rejected the whole system of
Bantu Education (2)
(Slogan named with no explanation: 1 mark) [L2] [ANY ONE]
(1 x 2) (2)
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4.1.4
They had to learn subjects (Mathematics, Social Studies) in
Afrikaans (1)
Teachers could hardly speak Afrikaans themselves (1)
Classes were full / overcrowded (1)
They had to share old textbooks / few resources (1)
It prepared them only to be workers / labourers for others (1)
[L1] [ANY TWO]
(2 x 1) (2)
4.1.5
Hector Pieterson (1)
The photograph (by Sam Nzima) was printed in newspapers around
the world and showed the brutality of the police / apartheid; it turned
world opinion against the government (1)
[L2]
(2 x 1) (2)
4.1.6
No: The learners were unarmed children marching peacefully; the
police used teargas and live bullets and killed / injured many (2)
No: The police should have negotiated or let the march continue;
their violence caused the uprising to spread (2)
(A ‘Yes’ answer can earn 2 marks if it is supported by a historically
valid reason, e.g. the police claimed they were restoring order; an
opinion with no reason earns 0.) [L3]
(1 x 2) (2)
4.2.1
F.W. de Klerk (1) [L1]
(1 x 1) (1)
4.2.2
ANC (African National Congress) (1)
PAC (Pan Africanist Congress) (1)
SACP (South African Communist Party) (1) [L1] [ANY TWO]
(2 x 1) (2)
4.2.3
Victor Verster Prison (near Paarl) (1) [L1]
(1 x 1) (1)
4.2.4
Economic and sports/cultural sanctions and disinvestment harmed
the economy (2)
Internal resistance: protests, strikes and boycotts by the UDF,
COSATU and the Mass Democratic Movement made the country
hard to govern (2)
The country was in an economic crisis / foreign banks refused loans
(2)
The end of the Cold War (fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989) meant the
government could no longer claim it was fighting communism (2)
Pressure from the international community / United Nations /
Frontline States and the armed struggle (2)
[L2] [ANY TWO]
(2 x 2) (4)
4.2.5
Primary source (1)
It is a newspaper report written at the time of the event (the day
after Mandela’s release) (1)
(Also accept: Secondary source (1) – it was written by the examiner
long after the event / it is a reconstruction (1). Award marks for any
answer whose reason matches the choice.) [L2]
(2 x 1) (2)
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QUESTION 5: PARAGRAPH QUESTION [L3]
5.1 Causes and results of the Soweto uprising, 1976
Relevant facts include (any EIGHT):
• Causes: Bantu Education (1953) gave black learners an inferior education; overcrowded
classes, few textbooks, poorly trained teachers.
• The Afrikaans Medium Decree (1974) forced schools to teach half the subjects (e.g.
Mathematics, Social Studies) in Afrikaans.
• Learners and teachers could not speak Afrikaans well; Afrikaans was seen as the
language of the oppressor.
• The Black Consciousness Movement (Steve Biko, SASO) made young people proud
and confident to stand up for their rights.
• On 16 June 1976 thousands of learners, led by Tsietsi Mashinini and the student action
committee, marched towards Orlando Stadium.
• Police fired teargas and live bullets; Hector Pieterson and many others were killed.
• Results: the uprising spread to other parts of the country; hundreds of people were killed
in the months that followed.
• Many young people left the country to join the ANC / Umkhonto we Sizwe in exile.
• The world condemned the government; sanctions and isolation increased; the Afrikaans
decree was dropped.
• 16 June is now Youth Day, a public holiday.
5.2 From Mandela’s release (1990) to the election (1994)
Relevant facts include (any EIGHT):
• 2 February 1990: De Klerk unbanned the ANC, PAC and SACP and announced the
release of political prisoners.
• 11 February 1990: Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison after 27
years.
• Exiles returned; talks began between the government and the ANC (e.g. the ANC
suspended the armed struggle in 1990).
• December 1991: CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa) began
multi-party negotiations; CODESA 2 broke down in 1992.
• Violence threatened the process, e.g. the Boipatong massacre (1992), the Bisho
massacre (1992) and fighting between ANC and IFP supporters.
• April 1993: Chris Hani was assassinated; Mandela appealed for calm on television, and
the date for the election was then set.
• Negotiations continued (Multi-party Negotiating Forum) and an interim constitution was
agreed in 1993.
• Mandela and De Klerk received the Nobel Peace Prize (1993).
• 27 April 1994: the first democratic election; people of all races voted for the first time;
the ANC won.
• 10 May 1994: Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president;
27 April is Freedom Day.
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Paragraph rubric (5.1 and 5.2)
Criteria
Marks
Introductory sentence that clearly states what the paragraph is
about
1
Relevant, historically correct facts (1 mark per fact, maximum 8)
8
Concluding sentence that sums up / gives a judgement
1
Total
10
Notes: A list of points (no paragraph) can earn the fact marks but NOT the marks for the introductory
and concluding sentences. Facts that are irrelevant to the chosen topic get no marks. If a learner
answers both 5.1 and 5.2, mark only the first one.
[10]
TOTAL SECTION B: 40
GRAND TOTAL: 75
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