AK47

MR TSHABALALA: Yes, there is one incident that I was involved in, the Mazibuko incident that has brought me here. I was present, as it was explained earlier on, I was carrying my AK47 and people died in Mazibuko.

14 Unlawful possession of AK47 ammunition.

MR RORICH: Certainly yes. There was an AK47 gun, an AKM at everyone of the bodies. The order was given to Warrant Officer Pienaar who discharged the weapons and there were two carry bags within which there was a Russian F1 type Eastern Block handgrenade.

They were killed by Inkatha members. Vusi told me that he has an AK47 with him. At that time, I was receiving money from SACR, that was about R800-00 or at times they would give me R1 200-00.

10. Amnesty is GRANTED to Rodney Abraham Moeketsi Toka; R.N. Legodi; and T.R. Kgotsa for the attempted murder of Constable Mphahlele and malicious injury to property. They are also GRANTED amnesty for unlawful possession of an unlicensed AK47 and a handgrenade on 15 April 1988.

MR CORNELIUS: Very well. It is also common cause that you were present when test shots were fired with the AK47, is that correct?

MR BAKER: Mr Chairman, he was placed in a slight depression next to the road and Mr Bellingan then shot him with an AK47 in the head, on automatic fire, Mr Chairman.

MR STRYDOM: Did you see AK47 rifles in the vicinity of the stadium or inside the stadium?

MR NDABA: We also bought ammunition, some bullets, about 60 of them, that is AK47 bullets.

1 x AK47 rifle and;

During the attack however, I was armed with an AK47 rifle which (indistinct). It was given to me by Soli and I returned it to him immediately after the attack. Only two grenades were thrown during the attack and no shots were fired.

MR BOOI: Yes, all of us were armed. I was armed with Soviet made automatic pistol, five ammunition magazines, two hand grenades. Lincoln was armed with an AK47, Wiseman was armed with a Makarov pistol, Soviet made and Mabuya was also armed with a Makarov pistol, Soviet made.

the flower bed and when the first man wasabout five metres away from me, he aimed a pistol at me and when Mr Thobejanestood up, I saw that he had an AK47.  I then stood still, I first wanted torun and then the person with the pistol said I should stand still.  As I wasstill thinking what I was ...

We followed the van in a BMW until it came to a stop next to a house in Meadowlands. Then we - as soon as it came to a stop then we drove next to it, we opened fire with AK47 rifles. The Commander had a Makarov pistol with him as well. Then we drove away. We went back to the base.

MR MBHALATI: I accompanied Sililo. At that time I happened to confirm to Sililo that Shingange was the person whom we were looking after and one other thing is that I also carried the bag which contained an AK47 which Sililo used to fire at Shingange.

MR MBANDAZAYO: Let me take you step by step. He told the Committee that on your arrival there, you put an AK47 in the vehicle which was there, is that correct?

MR MAKOMA: Yes, I got an AK47.

Is there any particular weapon on which, you know, specific emphasis was placed or not? --- There were two firearms which had much emphasis. These were the ones that we were supposed to use in most cases. It was the G3 rifle which was Czechoslovakian made and an AK47.

MR HUGO: You now heard that Mr de Kock testified that he heard that the working part of the AK47 was cocked - I'm not technically correct now, but the AK47s were cocked, AK47s, that's actually the relevant point. Did you hear anything like that?

... a friend to Zinzi Mandela, that was Sitambiso and a certain MK guy visited the room while we were sitting there and he was in the possession of an AK47, and we sat with the guy and he taught me the use of an AK47 and at a later stage, at that stage I was in possession of a Scorpio sub-machine ...