Gauteng department of education preparatory examination

prescribed content framework in the CAPS document.

THE CRISIS OF APARTHEID IN THE 1980s

is required to answer these questions can be found in the ADDENDUM.

must be an essay question.

question. Essay and source-based questions carry 50 marks each.

question paper.

Source material to be used to answer these questions is contained in the ADDENDUM.

schools’? (1x1) (1)

1.1.2 List any TWO places in South Africa, mentioned in the source,

where SASO branches were established. (2x1) (2)

South African youth in the 1970s. (2x2) (4)

from 'formation schools'. (2x1) (2)

explain why a historian would consider this information useful

when researching the role that SASO played in the 1970s. (2x2) (4)
1.2 Study Source 1B.
1.2.1 Define the term Black Consciousness in your own words. (1x2) (2)
1.2.2 Quote TWO pieces of evidence from the source that indicate

that the number of black South African students at secondary

schools increased between 1950 and 1975. (2x1) (2)
1.2.3 List TWO challenges that were experienced by black South

African students from Soweto. (2x1) (2)

1.2.4 Comment on the role that Onkgopotse Tiro played in spreading

the ideas of Black Consciousness among students in the 1970s. (2x2) (4)

photograph. (2x2) (4)

published. (2x2) (4)

the apartheid government, which were set on fire by students after

the 16 June 1976 uprising. (2x1) (2)
1.4.2 How, according to the source, did the apartheid police respond

to the actions of students from Soweto? (1x1) (1)

Soweto spread to other parts of South Africa. (2x2) (4)

1.5 Study Sources 1C and 1D. Explain how these sources support each

other regarding the methods that the apartheid police used against black

South African students in 1976. (2x2) (4)

1.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge,

write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (80 words), explaining how the

philosophy of Black Consciousness influenced South African students

in the 1970s. (8)

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QUESTION 2: WAS THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (TRC)

SUCCESSFUL IN ITS ATTEMPT AT BRINGING ABOUT

RECONCILIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA?
Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow.
2.1 Refer to Source 2A.
2.1.1 Why, according to the source, was the TRC established? (2x1) (2)

2.1.2 How did the Human Rights Violation Committee go about

its work? (1x1) (1)

2.1.3 Define the following concepts in your own words.

(b) Restorative justice (1x2) (2)

explain why most of the testimonies that were heard at the TRC

were from women. (1x2) (2)

2.2 Study Source 2B.

2.2.1 Why do you think the Daily Dispatch newspaper decided to

publish this article? (1x2) (2)

chaos that erupted at the TRC hearing in New Brighton? (1x2) (2)

children react when General van Rensburg gave his testimony

at the TRC hearing in New Brighton? (2x1) (2)
2.2.4 According to the source, which THREE members of the

security police were responsible for the abduction and

killing of Siphiwo Mtimkulu. (3x1) (3)
2.2.5 Explain how General van Rensburg’s testimony at the TRC

hearings in 1997 differed from the one that he gave in 1990 at the

Harms Commission. (2x2) (4)

2.3 Use Source 2C.

2.3.1 Why was FW de Klerk doubtful about Desmond Tutu’s

appointment as chairperson of the TRC? (1x2) (2)

2.3.2 Using information from the source and your own knowledge,

explain why you think FW de Klerk did not apply for amnesty. (2x2) (4)

a historian studying the TRC’s attempt at bringing about

reconciliation in South Africa. (2x2) (4)

2.4 Consult Source 2D.

visual clues in the source to support your answer. (2x2) (4)

disclosure at the TRC hearings? (1x2) (2)

2.5 Refer to Sources 2C and 2D. Explain how the information in Source

2C supports the evidence in Source 2D regarding FW de Klerk’s views

about the TRC. (2x2) (4)

2.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge,

write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining

whether the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was successful

in its attempt at bringing about reconciliation in South Africa. (8)

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QUESTION 3: WHAT IMPACT DID GLOBALISATION HAVE ON SOUTH AFRICA

AFTER 1994?
Study Sources 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D and answer the questions that follow.

3.1 Study Source 3A.

define the concept globalisation. (1x2) (2)

results of globalisation? (2x1) (2)

Starbucks could ...

(a) assist less economically developed countries? (1x2) (2)
(b) exploit less economically developed countries? (1x2) (2)
3.1.4 Explain why you think McDonald's is an example of a multi-national

corporation. (1x2) (2)

3.1.5 Quote evidence from the source that highlights the roles of

less economically developed countries (LEDCs) in a globalised

economy. (2x1) (2)

3.2 Consult Source 3B.

Africa's economic and social chaos? (1x1) (1)

International Financial Institutions decided to get involved in

South Africa's economy after 1989. (2x1) (2)
3.2.3 Give the TWO International Financial Institutions that benefitted

from the globalisation of South Africa's economy after the 1990s. (2x1) (2)

decided to adopt the Reconstruction and Development

Programme (RDP) after 1994. (2x2) (4)
3.2.5 Using the evidence in the source as well as your own knowledge,

explain why the South African government decided to abandon

the RDP and replace it with GEAR. (2x2) (4)

3.3 Use Source 3C.

Use the visual clues in the cartoon to support your answer. (2x2) (4)

3.4 Refer to Sources 3B and 3C. Explain how the evidence in Source 3B

and Source 3C support each other regarding the ANC's economic

policy after 1996. (2x2) (4)

3.5 Read Source 3D.

the rich and the poor countries? (1x1) (1)

this source useful when studying the effects of globalisation on

developing countries. (2x2) (4)

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 South Africa after 1994. (8)

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SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions, from 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 establishment of the Tricameral parliamentary system served as a

spark for intensified mass resistance in South Africa in the 1980s.

on the emergence of internal mass resistance against PW Botha's reform measures. [50]

of power. Yet that was what happened between 1990 and 1994 in South Africa.

in South Africa between 1990 and 1994. [50]

political changes that occurred in South Africa after 1989.