AK47

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

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

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

1. The unlawful possession of firearms, on 7,62 x 39 calibre AK47.

has been led that the applicants before the Committee are very unsophisticated people, even their struggle was not one with hand grenades, bombs and AK47's. That should be noted and even in the application forms, they didn't have the opportunity of the application forms being filled by the ...

MR HATTINGH: And when Ngqulunga was killed the impression was created that he was killed by members of the ANC, because he was shot dead with an AK47, isn't that so?

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 PLAATJIES: Sometimes it was AK47's.

MR MAZIBUKO: He had an AK47.

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.

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.

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?

"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."

MR MKHWANAZI: AK47.

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.

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.