IEB Matric 2019 History
Notes
Theme 4:
Civil
Resistance
in SA
Please note that these notes
have been adapted from Mrs
Claire Paterson of SAHETI
School as well as the Oxford ‘In
Search of History- Grade 12’
textbook
Compiled by: Taneil Thompson
, Taneil Thompson
Theme 4
Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970’s and 1980s
Definitions:
1. Exile: choosing to leave your own country, usually for political reasons
2. Assertiveness: acting forcefully and with confidence
3. Reforms: changes, improvements which modify but do not remove a
system
4. Trade Union: an organisation working to improve conditions of work
and defend the rights of workers
5. Front: a combination of differing political groups and organisations
who act together in a common cause
6. Boycott: stay away from, or refuse to use something as a form of
protest
7. Repression: the suppression of opposition
8. Banned: outlawed, made illegal
9. Political rights: the right to vote and stand for political office
10. Restriction orders: laws which placed controls on someone’s
freedom of movement and expression
11. House arrest: conditions under which a person had to remain at
home and have no contact with other people
12. Radical: revolutionary, far-reaching, drastic
13. Conscripts: citizens who are forces to do a period of national
service in the army
14. Bush colleges: segregated university established for black
students under apartheid, often located in remote or rural areas
15. Liberals: supporting individual freedom and in favour or moderate
political and social reform
16. Policy manifesto: a document which sets out the values,
principles and aims of an organisation
17. Psychological: mental and emotional aspects
18. Pseudonym: a false or a made up, chosen name
19. Umbrella body: a controlling boy under which other organisations
operate
20. Co-operative: something organised and run for the benefit of its
members, often members of a community
21. Stay-away: stay away from work or school as a protest
22. Sabotage: damage something as a form of protest
SAHETI School, 2019
Notes
Theme 4:
Civil
Resistance
in SA
Please note that these notes
have been adapted from Mrs
Claire Paterson of SAHETI
School as well as the Oxford ‘In
Search of History- Grade 12’
textbook
Compiled by: Taneil Thompson
, Taneil Thompson
Theme 4
Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970’s and 1980s
Definitions:
1. Exile: choosing to leave your own country, usually for political reasons
2. Assertiveness: acting forcefully and with confidence
3. Reforms: changes, improvements which modify but do not remove a
system
4. Trade Union: an organisation working to improve conditions of work
and defend the rights of workers
5. Front: a combination of differing political groups and organisations
who act together in a common cause
6. Boycott: stay away from, or refuse to use something as a form of
protest
7. Repression: the suppression of opposition
8. Banned: outlawed, made illegal
9. Political rights: the right to vote and stand for political office
10. Restriction orders: laws which placed controls on someone’s
freedom of movement and expression
11. House arrest: conditions under which a person had to remain at
home and have no contact with other people
12. Radical: revolutionary, far-reaching, drastic
13. Conscripts: citizens who are forces to do a period of national
service in the army
14. Bush colleges: segregated university established for black
students under apartheid, often located in remote or rural areas
15. Liberals: supporting individual freedom and in favour or moderate
political and social reform
16. Policy manifesto: a document which sets out the values,
principles and aims of an organisation
17. Psychological: mental and emotional aspects
18. Pseudonym: a false or a made up, chosen name
19. Umbrella body: a controlling boy under which other organisations
operate
20. Co-operative: something organised and run for the benefit of its
members, often members of a community
21. Stay-away: stay away from work or school as a protest
22. Sabotage: damage something as a form of protest
SAHETI School, 2019
