AK47

From there we went to the veld or an open area where the hostel dwellers would be. I and other comrades were in front and there were others who were going to be ...(indistinct) up. I carried a 9mm and the co-applicant had an AK47.

GRANTED AMNESTY: in respect of the unlawful possession of one AK47 rifle, one 9mm Star pistol, one Stetchken pistol and 48 rounds of ammunition for which he was arrested on 12 November 1993.

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

an object and the motor vehicle was brought to a stop. They then fled to the nearest house where he was arrested. He was found in possession of an AK47 rifle as well as ...

... geblyk het dat die huis waar die skietery plaasgevind het, die eerste oorledene se huis was, dat hy 'n ingeskrewe lid van die ANC was, dat 'n AK47 versteek was in die plafon van die huis, dat daar petrolbomme in die garage aanliggend tot die huis was en dat 'n half voltooide struktuur ...

... and the attack spurred on even further violence in the area. He also conceded that it was wholly disproportionate to deploy a group armed with 10 AK47 assault rifles in order to kill one person. He indicated that the attack should not have taken place and that to his mind it was the wrong way ...

MR ZUMA: As we were using the homemade guns and big guns, we got ammunition for 9mm and R1 ammunitions and R4 rifles ammunition. We had different types of homemade guns. One of the guns that we had was an AK47.

MR VAN VUUREN: Through the activities of myself and CaptainHechter, we normally had explosives, landmines, AK47 rifles andso forth which we had available in our vehicle.

follows:- On the 29th of September 1992 the applicant and ten (10) others raided the house of Mkhize with rifles and guns. They were armed with an AK47, two 303 rifles, one 308 rifle and a shotgun. The other members of the group were armed with spears and Mkhize was being attacked because ANC ...

MR PRINSLOO: And evidence has already been given that the people had AK47 East block weapons with them.

MR COETZEE: We found two AK47 rifles sealed in plastic bags, six magazines, a multitude of mini-limpet mines, detonators, handgrenades, RDG5 and F1, which were hidden in the vehicle.

MR PLAATJIES: Sometimes it was AK47's.

MR BRITZ: It was an AK47 with a silencer and at some or other place where there was an embankment, we tested it to see if it was operating.

MR MAZIBUKO: He had an AK47.

1. The unlawful possession of firearms, on 7,62 x 39 calibre 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 ...

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 ...

Amongst ourselves it was myself and Maxim (indistinct) Phakamisa and (indistinct) Mhlutwa and Xama Qungishi. We were armed in the following manner. Myself, I had a 303 rifle and Phakamisa had an AK47 and an explosive called M57.

AMNESTY IS HEREBY GRANTED: to the abovenamed Applicant in respect of the unlawful possession of an AK47 rifle and ammunition committed at or near Kathlehong on or about 13 December 1993.

MR VISSER: To interrupt you there, do you have any knowledge of any - we have heard of an AK47 and a limpet mine which was planted in the kombi, do you have any personal knowledge thereof?