AK47

MR LAX: In this attack, we have been told there were two AK47's, 3 AK47's, two home-made firearms and a pump-gun, correct?

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 PIENAAR: Col de Kock immediately ran to the vehicle. I followed him, so did the other members. Mr Theron had a light which followed afterwards, he didn't shine the light from the beginning. The front door of the kombi went open and a person emerged with an AK47 gun in his hands.

MR MADONDO: An AK47 rifle.

told while we were in the stadium, that there are firearms, those who want to use them, can come and collect them. I was one of those who wanted an AK47 and because the number was small, the number of firearms was not enough I found that they had already finished all the AK47's, so I was armed ...

MR HUGO: But is it not true that there were proper structures for members of Vlakplaas in terms whereof they would be rewarded if weapons were found, like AK47's?

When I looked further, I saw him and I knew that this was the person that we were told about. We were told to kill. I did not waste time, I went to Mr Masidane's place where the AK47 was. The gentleman's surname is Masidane, I went to his place to fetch the AK47.

these people were sitting and having something to eat there and they got up and opened their jackets and they just ... or opened up the butts of the AK47’s and then they took off and that’s when they started shooting. So they were there long before, they had already sized the whole place up. ...

... are clear indicia(?) of surrounding circumstances, for instance the evidence of the other co-applicants that Hashe disclosed the existence of an AK47 at his sister's house. Now that, and I make the submission that if we assume that these people were, the victims were fearless of the security ...

We got into the vehicle. We were armed with weapons. We had an AK47, which was given to Wilson Mtetwa and I was given a 9mm pistol".

MR CELE: I had an AK47 and a hand grenade.

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 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 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... by Mr Lubane, because he wanted to start a unit in Pretoria, around Pretoria district to train youth members for military training in the use of AK47's and explosives. Then he told me that he would train me so that I would be able to train others this ...

MR MBOKANE: I had a .38 revolver, Gushu had an AK47 with.