Examine the reasons for, and the impact of, township unrest in the 1980s.

The question requires that candidates consider the interrelationship between the reasons for and impact of township unrest in South Africa in the 1980s. Impact may extend beyond the timeframe but must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates may offer equal coverage of reasons for and impact of, or their response may favour one of the two; however, both aspects will be a feature of the response. Candidates may refer to economic distress and the radicalization of Africans following the Soweto Uprising; popular disaffection with the Botha government and its failure to reform apartheid; the orchestration of demonstrations by groups such as the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU); the police crackdown on violence; international outrage and the eventual demise of apartheid. While other relevant interrelationships, for example other factors leading to the end of apartheid, may be considered, the bulk of the response will remain on those raised in the question.