AK47

... were deployed in the area by the director of special operations Sipho Bulalani Kloma who was also deputy director of operations. I was armed with AK47 and I do not remember exactly what type of weapons others were armed with, whether AK47 or R4 or R5 rifles. We had two targets on the day in ...

... extracts from the inquest findings of Mr Justice Levy, Anton’s death was attributed to being shot seven times on various parts of his body with an AK47 rifle and a final shot through the head with a different calibre ...

... him. He took me to Sakonja and when we arrived there at a certain house, I cannot exactly remember where it is, he showed me the guns, they were AK47's, quite a lot of them. And there was ammunition as well. We left and returned to Unit 4. I went back to work. When I left work later on I ...

... and the 2nd applicant submitted a second completed application form for amnesty. In such forms they both state that the 2nd applicant received the AK47 from Magwaza, that they were both present when the two groups confronted each other and that they fired at the ANC group as they believed they ...

MR SHICEKA: R4, one R5, one AK47.

MR GOOSEN: This time a Skyline motor vehicle was used - Lieut Hechter came there with a Skyline vehicle, he removed three AK47 rifles from the boot, as well as a mellow-yellow bomb.

MR MOPEDI: So you want to tell this hearing that at no stage did you carry a firearm, an AK47?

Mr Kgase, I noticed that in your application form at page 52 of the bundle, in reply to the question where you are asked to state the nature and the particulars of the offences in respect of which you are applying, you make mention of AK47s. Was there any incident in which you had to use an AK47?

MR BOOYENS: Mr de Kock, if someone would be shot at very close range with an AK47, would there be serious damage to the person?

MR PIENAAR: Yes, Chairperson, it was very quick. There were four men in the kombi, they were all fatally shot, an AK47 was found with them, with an extra magazine. I secured all these weapons personally because they were all cocked. And in two carry bags which were also in the kombi, I found two ...

... Bonga pointed us the place that was their boundary, and there, beyond that particular crossing line was the IFP territory. I was armed with an AK47 ...

... gunshot". And then we investigated, "where is the gun?". He said, "I have it, it is right in my house and I dug and hid it there". That was an AK47 gun with its ammunitions. It is then that Mr Ravele showed us where he shot into the air. ...

MR DLAMINI: Yes that is correct. We left from Mrs Mbuyazi's house and we were armed with an assortment of guns, G3's AK47's, shotguns and we were proceeding to J1. The van left us at J1 and then left. Anybody who was around the area or any house that had its lights on was attacked. We attacked ...

... to me against a stone. I was tossed aside, I was not injured, but I went into the room and shot the person as he was still standing next to his AK47. ...

MR MATHE: Firstly, my first crash course was at Atteridgeville. It was mainly on the use of a pistol and AK47.

MS VAN DER WALT: And I note on page 54 of your application you mention that you were armed with an AK47 and that you fired various shots at persons in the house.

After six weeks we started advanced training. This went on for about three months. This is where we were taught how to use AK47 rifles, RPD's, RPK's and light machine guns, Bazuka's, explosives. We were also taught rural guerrilla warfare, urban guerrilla warfare.

MR SIBANYONI: Mr Mhlaba, if you can look at the first page of Mr Wanyane, paragraph 9, he speaks about possession of two AK47 rifles and then, but when he was listing the weapons, he spoke about one, is it perhaps a mistake?

MR VISSER: AK47 guns?

MR SIBEKO: Now let us get this clear. Your involvement in these incidents, were you also carrying a firearm or an AK47 and did you at any stage pull the trigger to shoot at anybody?