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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

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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Are the Grade 8 Social Sciences past papers official?

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

Which years are available?

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

Are memos included?

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

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