Social Sciences Grade 9 Paper 2 November Mock 2026 Question Paper

Copyright reserved Please turn over Mock hlayiso mock exams Practice Series: Grade 9 Exam Preparation WWW.HLAYISO.COM SENIOR PHASE END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION GRADE 9 SOCIAL SCIENCES P2 HISTORY NOVEMBER 2026 (MOCK) MARKS: 75 TIME: 2 hours This question paper consists of 12 pages.

Social Sciences/P2 2 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of TWO sections: SECTION A: TURNING POINTS IN MODERN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1948 (35) QUESTIONS 1 and 2 SECTION B: TURNING POINTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY: 1976 AND 1990 (40) QUESTIONS 3, 4 and 5 2. Answer ALL the questions. In QUESTION 5 you must choose ONE of the two topics. 3. Write ALL your answers in the ANSWER BOOK. 4. Start EACH section on a NEW page. 5. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper. 6. ALL the sources are included in this question paper. Read them carefully, but do NOT copy out large parts of a source as your answer. 7. Use the mark allocation as a guide to the length of your answers. For example, (2 x 2) (4) means TWO facts of 2 marks each; (2 x 1) (2) means TWO short facts of 1 mark each. 8. Where a question asks you to use your OWN KNOWLEDGE, you may use information that is not in the source. 9. Answer in FULL SENTENCES, except when you are asked to name, identify, list or choose. 10. QUESTION 5 must be answered as a paragraph (about TEN lines), not as a list of points. 11. Write neatly and legibly. Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 3 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 SECTION A: TURNING POINTS IN MODERN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1948 QUESTION 1: APARTHEID AND RESISTANCE: SHORT QUESTIONS 1.1 Various options are given as possible answers to the following questions. Choose the correct answer and write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (1.1.1–1.1.5) in the ANSWER BOOK, e.g. 1.1.6 D. 1.1.1 The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in … A 1945. B 1948. C 1955. D 1960. (1) 1.1.2 Racism can best be described as … A a belief that all people should have equal rights. B a law that separates rich and poor people. C treating people unfairly because of the race group they belong to. D the right of every person to vote. (1) 1.1.3 The political party that won the 1948 general election and introduced apartheid was the … A African National Congress. B United Party. C National Party. D Pan Africanist Congress. (1) 1.1.4 The ANC plan of 1949 that called for boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience was called the … A Freedom Charter. B Programme of Action. C Pass Laws Campaign. D Congress of the People. (1) 1.1.5 The organisation that was formed in 1959 by Africanists who broke away from the ANC was the … A Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). B South African Students’ Organisation (SASO). C United Democratic Front (UDF). D South African Communist Party (SACP). (1) (5 x 1) (5) Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 4 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 1.2 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the apartheid law in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–F) next to the question number (1.2.1–1.2.5) in the ANSWER BOOK, e.g. 1.2.6 G. COLUMN A COLUMN B 1.2.1 Population Registration Act (1950) A Made marriages between white people and people of other race groups illegal 1.2.2 Group Areas Act (1950) B Gave every person a race classification that was recorded in a national register 1.2.3 Bantu Education Act (1953) C Set up separate homelands (reserves) that were ruled by chiefs who supported the government 1.2.4 Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) D Divided towns and cities into separate areas where each race group had to live 1.2.5 Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) E Created a separate and poorer school system for black learners, controlled by the Department of Native Affairs F Kept race groups apart in public places such as beaches, parks, buses and post offices (5 x 1) (5) [10] Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 5 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 QUESTION 2: APARTHEID LAWS AND RESISTANCE, 1948–1960 2.1 The Group Areas Act and the forced removals at Sophiatown Study SOURCE 2A and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 2A The following is a summary written by the examiner from historical accounts of the Sophiatown removals, together with a reconstruction of the kind of notice that residents received. Sophiatown was a lively suburb a few kilometres west of the centre of Johannesburg. It was one of the few places in the city where black people could own land. African, coloured, Indian and Chinese families lived side by side, and the suburb was famous for its jazz musicians, writers and sports clubs. The government called Sophiatown a ‘black spot’ because it was close to white suburbs. From February 1955 armed police arrived with trucks before sunrise. Families had to load their belongings and were moved to Meadowlands, a new township in Soweto, much further from the city. Residents had sung “We won’t move”, but by the early 1960s the old houses had been bulldozed. A white suburb was built in its place and named Triomf (‘triumph’). NOTICE TO ALL OCCUPANTS You are hereby ordered to leave these premises. A government truck will collect you and your possessions at 6 a.m. on the date below. Stand No.: Date: New address: MEADOWLANDS FAILURE TO OBEY IS AN OFFENCE (Examiner’s reconstruction) [Compiled by the examiner from historical accounts] 2.1.1 Name the apartheid law that the government used to declare Sophiatown a ‘white’ area. (1 x 1) (1) 2.1.2 Which township were the residents of Sophiatown moved to, according to the source? (1 x 1) (1) 2.1.3 Using the source, explain why the government wanted to remove the people of Sophiatown. (2 x 1) (2) 2.1.4 Use the source and your OWN KNOWLEDGE to explain TWO ways in which the forced removals affected the lives of the people of Sophiatown. (2 x 2) (4) Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 6 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 2.2 Non-violent resistance in the 1950s Study SOURCE 2B and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 2B The following summary was written by the examiner. The four lines in bold are clause headings from the Freedom Charter (1955). In 1952 the ANC and the South African Indian Congress began a campaign of non-violent resistance. Volunteers deliberately broke apartheid laws, for example by entering ‘whites only’ entrances at railway stations, and allowed themselves to be arrested. More than 8 000 volunteers were arrested. On 26 and 27 June 1955 about 3 000 delegates met at Kliptown, near Johannesburg, at the Congress of the People. They adopted the Freedom Charter, which set out the kind of South Africa they wanted. Some of its clauses were: The People Shall Govern! All National Groups Shall have Equal Rights! The Land Shall be Shared Among Those Who Work It! The Doors of Learning and of Culture Shall be Opened! On 9 August 1956 about 20 000 women of all races marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. They left thousands of signed petitions for the Prime Minister, J.G. Strijdom, and stood in silence for thirty minutes. In December 1956 the police arrested 156 leaders of the Congress Alliance and charged them with high treason*. The trial dragged on for more than four years, but in the end not one of the accused was found guilty. [Compiled by the examiner from historical accounts] *high treason: the crime of trying to overthrow the government of your own country 2.2.1 Name the 1952 campaign in which volunteers deliberately broke apartheid laws. (1 x 1) (1) 2.2.2 Where was the Freedom Charter adopted? (1 x 1) (1) 2.2.3 Explain what the Freedom Charter meant by “The People Shall Govern!”. (1 x 2) (2) 2.2.4 Use your OWN KNOWLEDGE. Explain why the women marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956. (1 x 2) (2) 2.2.5 Why do you think the government charged the leaders of the Congress Alliance with high treason after the Freedom Charter was adopted? (1 x 2) (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 7 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 2.3 The Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960 Study SOURCES 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 2C The following is an imagined police statement, written by the examiner to show the version of events that the police gave at the time. On the morning of 21 March 1960 a crowd of several thousand Africans surrounded the police station at Sharpeville. They had left their passes at home and demanded to be arrested. The crowd was noisy and aggressive. Some people threw stones and the police feared that the station would be overrun. The police fired to protect their lives and the station. [Examiner-written, based on the police version of events] SOURCE 2D The following is an imagined account by a newspaper reporter, written by the examiner and based on what eyewitnesses later reported. I was standing near the fence. The people were singing and many were laughing; there were women with babies on their backs. I looked carefully and saw no guns, only a few sticks and umbrellas. There was no order to leave and no warning shot. Suddenly the police opened fire and kept shooting as people turned and ran. Most of the dead and wounded were shot in the back. Afterwards the ground was covered with shoes, hats and bicycles. Sixty-nine people died and about 180 were injured. [Examiner-written, based on eyewitness accounts] 2.3.1 Use your OWN KNOWLEDGE. Which organisation called for the anti-pass protest of 21 March 1960, and who was its leader? (2 x 1) (2) 2.3.2 According to SOURCE 2C, why did the police open fire? (1 x 1) (1) 2.3.3 Compare SOURCES 2C and 2D. Explain ONE way in which the two sources give different views of the crowd. (1 x 2) (2) 2.3.4 Why do you think the police version of events (SOURCE 2C) is so different from the eyewitness account (SOURCE 2D)? (1 x 2) (2) 2.3.5 Explain why the Sharpeville Massacre is regarded as a turning point in South African history. (2 x 1) (2) [25] TOTAL SECTION A: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 8 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 SECTION B: TURNING POINTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY: 1976 AND 1990 QUESTION 3: 1976 TO 1994: SHORT QUESTIONS 3.1 Various options are given as possible answers to the following questions. Choose the correct answer and write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (3.1.1–3.1.5) in the ANSWER BOOK, e.g. 3.1.6 D. 3.1.1 The leader of the Black Consciousness Movement and the first president of SASO was … A Robert Sobukwe. B Steve Biko. C Walter Sisulu. D Oliver Tambo. (1) 3.1.2 The 1974 instruction that half of the school subjects in black schools had to be taught in Afrikaans was called the … A Afrikaans Medium Decree. B Bantu Authorities Act. C Separate Amenities Act. D Language Charter. (1) 3.1.3 The student leader who led the march of learners in Soweto on 16 June 1976 was … A Solomon Mahlangu. B Mbuyisa Makhubo. C Tsietsi Mashinini. D Chris Hani. (1) 3.1.4 On 2 February 1990 President F.W. de Klerk announced … A the start of the Soweto uprising. B the unbanning of the ANC, PAC and SACP. C the results of the first democratic election. D a new state of emergency. (1) 3.1.5 The multi-party negotiations that began in December 1991 to plan a new democratic constitution were called … A CODESA. B the UDF. C the TRC. D COSATU. (1) (5 x 1) (5) Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 9 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 3.2 The FIVE events below are NOT in the correct order. Write the letters (A–E) in the correct order, starting with the EARLIEST event, e.g. 3.2 X, Y, … A The United Democratic Front (UDF) is formed to oppose the government B School learners in Soweto march against Afrikaans as a language of teaching C South Africa holds its first democratic election D Nelson Mandela walks out of prison after 27 years E Steve Biko dies in police detention (5 x 1) (5) [10] QUESTION 4: THE 1976 SOWETO UPRISING AND THE EVENTS OF 1990 4.1 The Soweto uprising, 16 June 1976 Study SOURCES 4A and 4B and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 4A The following is an imagined account by a Grade 9 learner in Soweto in 1976, written by the examiner and based on many learners’ memories of the day. We had been angry for months. Our teachers could hardly speak Afrikaans themselves, and now we had to learn Mathematics and Social Studies in it. Our classes were full, we shared old textbooks, and we knew that Bantu Education was preparing us only to be workers for others. On the morning of 16 June our student council led thousands of us out of our schools. We carried placards that we had made the night before, and we sang as we walked towards Orlando Stadium. Near Orlando West the police blocked the road. They threw teargas, and then they started shooting. A young boy was shot and carried away by an older learner. Later we heard that he had died. That evening Soweto was burning, and in the weeks that followed the protests spread to many other parts of the country. [Examiner-written, based on historical accounts] Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 10 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 SOURCE 4B A sketch drawn by the examiner of learners marching on 16 June 1976. The slogans are like those described in many accounts of the march. AWAY WITH AFRIKAANS WE WANT EQUAL EDUCATION BLACKS ARE NOT DUSTBINS RELEASE OUR STUDENTS DOWN WITH BANTU EDUCATION 4.1.1 According to SOURCE 4A, on which date did the learners march? (1 x 1) (1) 4.1.2 Which language did the learners object to being taught in? (1 x 1) (1) 4.1.3 Choose ONE slogan from SOURCE 4B and explain what it tells us about why the learners were protesting. (1 x 2) (2) 4.1.4 Use SOURCE 4A to give TWO reasons why the learners were unhappy with Bantu Education. (2 x 1) (2) 4.1.5 Use your OWN KNOWLEDGE. Name the boy who was shot and carried away (SOURCE 4A) and explain why the photograph of this event became important around the world. (2 x 1) (2) 4.1.6 Do you think the police were right in the way they responded to the march? Give a reason for your answer. (1 x 2) (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 11 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 4.2 1990: The release of Nelson Mandela Study SOURCE 4C and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 4C The following is an imagined newspaper front page, written by the examiner. The newspaper is fictional, but the events it reports are real. THE DAILY NEWS-SHEET Monday, 12 February 1990 Price: 60c MANDELA WALKS FREE AFTER 27 YEARS Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison near Paarl yesterday afternoon, holding hands with his wife, Winnie. Thousands of people waited for hours outside the prison gates and on the road to Cape Town. Later, from the balcony of the Cape Town City Hall, he spoke to a huge crowd on the Grand Parade. Mr Mandela’s release follows the speech by State President F.W. de Klerk in Parliament on 2 February, when the ANC, PAC and SACP were unbanned and the release of political prisoners was announced. Our reporters say that many people are now asking one question: can the government and the liberation movements reach an agreement without more violence? 4.2.1 Name the State President who announced the unbanning of political organisations on 2 February 1990. (1 x 1) (1) 4.2.2 Name TWO organisations that were unbanned, according to the source. (2 x 1) (2) 4.2.3 From which prison was Nelson Mandela released? (1 x 1) (1) 4.2.4 Use your OWN KNOWLEDGE to explain TWO pressures that forced the apartheid government to unban political organisations and release Nelson Mandela in 1990. (2 x 2) (4) 4.2.5 If this front page had really been printed on 12 February 1990, would it be a primary or a secondary source? Give a reason for your answer. (2 x 1) (2) [20] Copyright reserved Please turn over

Social Sciences/P2 12 Senior Phase Mock Hlayiso/Mock 2026 QUESTION 5: PARAGRAPH QUESTION Answer EITHER QUESTION 5.1 OR QUESTION 5.2. Write a paragraph of about TEN lines. Your paragraph must have an introductory sentence, the main facts and a concluding sentence. 5.1 Explain the CAUSES of the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976 and its RESULTS for South Africa. (10) OR 5.2 Describe the events in South Africa from the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 to the first democratic election in 1994. Include the negotiations and the violence of this period. (10) [10] TOTAL SECTION B: 40 GRAND TOTAL: 75 Copyright reserved