AK47

... But didn't that even jeopardise the safety and the lives of your operatives if Opperman knew that there was going to be ten MK members armed with AK47 rifles, F1 hand-grenades, whatever it might be? He doesn't tell you, he says "Cloete, get these people ready to penetrate the house, you're ...

MR VAN DEN BERG: Were you given an instruction to fire rounds through the AK47 before you left it in the vehicle?

"Lt Pretorius instructed Peter Lengene, Monyane and Linda Moni to make sure that the limpet mines were placed nearby ...(indistinct) and if they failed to pull out the pins of the limpet mines they should shoot them with the AK47 rifles."

18. The Vlakplaas contingent had taken up position lower down the road. Snyman and Ras were armed with AK47's to do the elimination if necessary and Vermeulen guarded their vehicle. After seeing the explosion and noticing that all the deceased were instantly killed, they immediately left for ...

AMNESTY IS HEREBY GRANTED: to the abovenamed Applicant in respect of the unlawful possession of an AK47 assault rifle and ammunition committed at or near Wadeville on or about 27 October 1993.

... in a Cortina Station Wagon, fitted with false number plates in the early hours of 18 September 1986.  The 3rd applicant was armed with an AK47.  The 2nd applicant had brought along a bomb, a so-called "Mellow Yellow", which was a home-made device consisting of a tin container, ...

... in a minor traffic accident near the road going to Ngwelezana, and when the traffic officer pulled the vehicle over the driver ran off, and an AK47 was found behind the seat of the cab. We didn't know what had happened to Clare, and for two weeks we had no information and we had no ...

MR STRYDOM: I was carrying an AK47 Chairperson. The vehicle caught fire and we moved closer but the fire was so hot that the heat drove us back. We could not reach the vehicle. Accordingly I withdrew all the members and we moved back to the RSA. The vehicle was destroyed by the fire and later I ...

I did go and pick up weapons from Col Drury, it was only a few AK47's with a fold-up butt, AKM, the ANC only used AKM, they did not use the normal AK47's. The rest of the AK's, we got from Vlakplaas' own storage. We also ensured that it was Russian ammunition. For each weapon we gave two or ...

MR MKHWANAZI: AK47.

MR STEYN: Yes, that is correct. I had regular contact with people from the Special Branch in Botswana and I heard from them, that in the clearing up of the property, they found AK47's.

... the person who was to execute the elimination. One evening he proceeded to the target's place where he knocked on the door. he was armed with an AK47 and when the target opened the door, Applicant shot him at close range. The Applicant assumes that the person died because of the proximity in ...

6. the unlawful possession of various firearms including AK47 assault rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers and ammunitions for such firearms during or about the period 1992 - 1993 at Gauteng in regard to the activities of the Self Defence Unit under Applicant's command.

... many things apart from playing football. You said that even some of the cars were stolen, that you yourself was trained, that you used to have AK47's, that you knew one person who had his throat almost cut off, that you were present when Stompie was beaten, that you went and fetched the boys ...

The money that I got there was R18 000-00 for the recovery of three AK47's in (indistinct) and the arrest of the people carrying it, that is R18 000-00.

MR WILLS: And that you were trained in the use of AK47's, Uzzi machine guns, shotguns, G3 assault rifles and F1 and RDG5 handgrenades?

MR SOKO: AK47.

MR VISSER: Okay, R2 000. And then for the delivery of an AK47 or the pointing out of an AK47, there was another amount?

The Applicant testified that he acted on instruction of Lieut. Hechter who accompanied him, Lieut. Van Jaarsveld and Sgt. Joe Mamasela. They were armed with AK47 rifles and a home-made explosive, known as a mellow-yellow bomb.

MR NGOBESE: I heard that they had found AK47 and hand- grenades, I don't know how many.