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 JONKER: So Sir, if you drive with your police car down the road and you were still in the Police Force and there's a man walking down the road with an AK47 and you arrest him, would that be an action?

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

MR MOELE: Firstly because we had AK47 sub-machine guns, we needed the pistols for personal security and also to train SDU comrades with these firearms that we got inside the country, in South Africa.

MR MAZIBUKO: He had an AK47.

MR PLAATJIES: Sometimes it was AK47's.

i) unlawful possession of 17 AK47 firearms;

... that it was not just youth or UDF, but that underground structures and they said that the MK were also involved and that people had weapons and AK47's. Do you want to respond to any of ...

... him to be ready to go on an operation. Taylor, Vorster and Du Preez then met at the farm. Taylor explained the operation to them and handed two AK47 automatic assault rifles to Du ...

... 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 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.

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 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 ...

"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.

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.