History
CAPS-aligned History practice for Grade 12 — 4 terms, 15 topics, with instant feedback, streaks and a leaderboard.
Term 1
Black Consciousness Movement
Steve Biko, Black Consciousness, student activism, and the rebuilding of internal resistance.
Soweto Uprising
Causes, events, and consequences of the Soweto Uprising and its national impact.
Trade Unions and the UDF
Durban strikes, independent unions, UDF politics, and the rise of broad internal resistance.
Independence in Congo and Tanzania
The Congo Crisis, Tanzanian independence, Nyerere, and the problems facing new African states.
Term 2
Tricameral Parliament and P.W. Botha Reforms
The 1983 constitution, total strategy, and why Botha’s reforms deepened resistance.
Mass Democratic Movement and COSATU
How unions, civics, youth, and churches built the Mass Democratic Movement in the 1980s.
Repression and States of Emergency
How the apartheid state used emergency powers and why repression failed to end resistance.
Sanctions, Disinvestment, and the Road to Negotiations
How sanctions, boycotts, and disinvestment combined with internal struggle to push South Africa toward talks.
Term 3
De Klerk Reforms and Unbanning
F.W. de Klerk, the end of key bans, Mandela’s release, and why change became unavoidable.
CODESA and the Negotiated Settlement
CODESA, the interim constitution, and the compromises that produced a democratic settlement.
Political Violence and Transition
Violence in the early 1990s, the “third force”, and why the transition nearly collapsed.
1994 Election and the TRC
The first democratic election, Government of National Unity, and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Term 4
Source-based and Essay Skills
Exam technique for source analysis, reliability, bias, chronology, and essay writing in Grade 12 History.
Resistance and Apartheid Crisis Revision
Integrated revision of internal resistance and the 1980s crisis of apartheid.
Democracy and Cold War Revision
Integrated revision of Congo, Tanzania, the end of the Cold War, negotiations, 1994, and the TRC.
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