AK47

Having carefully considered the matter, we are satisfied that the application complies with all of the requirements of the Act. Amnesty is accordingly GRANTED to Applicant for the unlawful possession of an AK47 assault rifle and ammunition on or about 19 September 1993 at or near Thokoza, Gauteng.

MR BARNARD: After the incident, as I could see my actions there, I did not become involved with the vehicle, I remained back from the vehicle and if I recall correctly, Warrant Officer Pienaar searched through the vehicles and AK47 rifles and handgrenades were found in the vehicles.

MR HATTINGH: At the trial he testified that he shot Mr Sikhakhane with an AK47 that was fitted with a silencer.

1. Unlawful possession of firearms, including an AK47 rifle, two Uzzi submachine guns and a R4 rifle;

MR STRYDOM: Do you know an AK47 rifle?

On this list of the scale of remuneration, there would be stipulations such as bringing in an AK47, would given an extra R800-00, for a missile, it was R500-00, for ammunition, per 50, would be R50-00. For the arrest, the wounding or the taking in of an ANC or PAC terrorist an amount of R2 000-00 ...

CAPT. HECHTER: I remember that I went with an AK47 armed with an AK47 or pickaxe handles.

... regardless of your background and your training. And here we had a case where it wasn't a question of two men confronting each other, one with an AK47 and one with an R4 and seeing who would be the winner in the end. Brigadier Schoon, if he had been there, may have had other advice, ...

... had received any form of training and the other members hadn't received any training, about six of them were then sent, were armed with inter alia, AK47 rifles and petrol bombs to go to the Mbongwa house to kill the eldest son of that family, by taking him out of the house and shooting him, now ...

... the attack at page 43, 44 Mr Chairman. In paragraph 2 at the top of the page he said he saw this gunman and he thought that this person had an AK47 automatic rifle. At the top of the page, page 44 he ...

2.3 1 x AK47 rifle with ammunition.

MR DE KOCK: Yes, there was an official remuneration scale, amongst others. An AK47 for example, if that was found, then the ...(indistinct) or person who pointed it out was R600, a hand grenade was R299 I think and then there were various scales for ammunition and for rocket launchers and so forth.

... information which we had. It was changed to the place where they were shot dead. According to information they were killed at close range with an AK47 in the vehicle shortly after they had stopped. There were approximately 17 AK47 cartridges found on the scene. It appears as though they were ...

It is clear even in this operation, they only had one firearm which was an AK47 and grenade and knife. So it's clear Mr Chairman, that the actions of the applicants were indeed associated with certain political objectives and that of continuing the armed struggle on behalf of their organisation ...

Vido and Bekky were both outside the building.  Bekky was armed with an Ak47 assault rifle and was to give the signal to withdraw.  Vido was at the back of the building and armed with an Uzi sub-machine gun and petrol bombs.  Both Vido and Bekkey opened fire at the building and Vido threw his ...

the day I would want to summarise this thing because we think as a community of Piet Retief. Okay. Then Mr Nkosi was killed at one o'clock with an AK47 inside his yard. Up to to date nobody was arrested and up to to date nobody knows who shot Mr Nkosi. The situation went worse. Before the end ...

MR SIBIYA: We were at a certain base or based in a certain area on this particular day of this occurrence, and my Commander Makasonke, arrived with a rifle, an AK47. He informed us that we had to go and attack a certain house at Lusaka B, Gamedi Street number 1285, Mr Sithole's place.

MR ARMOED: With an AK47.

The unlawful possession of an AK47 firearm and ammunition in contravention of Section 32(1)(a) of Act 75 of 1969 for which he was convicted and sentenced to six (6) years imprisonment in Southern Transvaal Regional court held at Vosloorus on the 26 September 1994.

to Mzolo's place, who was a member or leader of the ANC, so that we could see whether they wouldn't launch a counter-attack so that we could get the AK47s. We got one AK47, which I don't know the end of it because O'Connell was using this AK47. We went back to Greytown and we continued with our ...