Grade 8 Social Sciences Past Papers & Memos

Download free official Grade 8 Social Sciences past exam papers with memorandums from 2015 to present — NSC, trial and provincial papers.

Past Papers

2025

2025 Eastern Cape March Test

EC-CHE-SS-Geography-Grade-8-March-2025-QP-and-Memo.pdf

QP + Memo

2025 Limpopo June Exam

LP-Geography-Grade-8-June-2023-QP-only.pdf

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Yes. Every question paper and memorandum on Hlayiso is sourced from the official Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments.

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Grade 8 Social Sciences past papers from 2015 to the most recent NSC release, including trial and preliminary papers where available.

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Yes — every question paper on Hlayiso is paired with its official memo so you can mark your own work.

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2021

2021 March Test

Grade-8-History-The-Industrial-Revolution-in-South-Africa-2.pdf

2021 NSC Term 3 Workbook

GP-History-Gr-8-WORKBOOK-Term-3-LEARNERS-GUIDE.pdf

GP-History-Gr-8-WORKBOOK-Term-3-MEMo.pdf

Memo

2020

2020 June Exam

Grade-8-SS-GEO-Mapwork-Maps-and-Atlases-1.docx

2020 March Test

GRADE-8-HISTORY-Term-1-Exemplar-1-2.docx

GRADE-8-TERM-1-Exemplar-4-1-2.docx

History-SBA-grade-8-Exemplar-3-2.docx

2020 November Exam

Lesson-Plan-Grade-8-SS-History-T4-W3.pdf

Lesson-Plan-Grade-8-SS-History-T4-W2-1.pdf

Lesson-Plan-Grade-8-SS-History-T4-W1-1.pdf

2019

2019 NSC November Exam

GR 8 SW GEO MEMO.pdf

Memo

GR 8 SW GESK VRAESTEL.pdf

2018

2018 NSC June Exam

Social-Science-June-2018-1.pdf

2018 NSC November Exam

History-SS-Nov-2018-2.pdf

2017

2017 NSC November Exam

GRAAD-8-GESKIEDENIS-EKSAMEN.pdf

GRAAD-8-GESKIEDENIS-MEMORANDUM.pdf

Memo

2014

2014 NSC March Test

Grade-8-Social-Science-Term-One-2014-1.pdf

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