AK47

MR MATSHAYA: I was carrying an AK47 rifle.

One of the AK47 machine guns that was used in the Eikenhof attack, was confiscated by the police at a roadblock at Orange Farm, together with the motor vehicle we were driving. The motor vehicle was subsequently released after we sent Lawrence General Mnqandela under whom it was registered, to ...

MR BERGER: Were they both armed with AK47's?

MR MASANGO: And AK47.

MR GOUWS: Oosthuizen and myself were contacted by Captain Hechter. I cannot recall if we met with him at his office or where we met, but the end of the story was that we went to the Bron. It was a holiday resort. There was an AK47 handed to me.

That was simply matters where the then Riot Unit, etc, may have arrested somebody with an AK47 or a handgrenade or an unlicensed firearm and it may have been political, like a Makarov or a Tokarev and we would then take over that docket, it wouldn't be handled by the normal CID's at the stations. ...

MR MBELO: With an AK47 and we were told that morning that those guys are well armed and they are going to attack a certain mini-bus.

... and in paragraph, the fourth paragraph it is quite evident that he was trained as a member of MK and he was then trained to use explosives and AK47's, and that supports the information which you had and which the Security Branch was then investigating, is that not ...

driving us. We parked two streets away from the stadium. Muhlava remained in the car. The four of us went to the stadium. We were armed with two AK47 rifles, two pistols and about twelve hand grenades, F1's and RGD 5's. James Sililo and Mathousan took positions and threw the hand grenades. ...

CHAIRPERSON: Were you trained in the use of firearms such as AK47's and pistols and maybe even hand grenades?

and the other information from the physical informer entailed that handling and training of handgrenades and other crash course training for example AK47 courses by Mahlangu, to some of his recruits in ...

MR LABUSCHAGNE: Yes, I cannot specifically say if it was all that was found in the back of the bakkie, but I remember the rucksacks, there was an AK47, yes I would say that would be the weapons that we found.

The Applicant is therefore GRANTED amnesty in respect of the unlawful possession of an AK47 rifle with sixteen rounds of ammunition and a revolver with four rounds of ammunition at 82 Siluma View, Katlehong on or about 13 January 1991.

MR TSHABANGU: Yes, that is correct. I was in possession of an AK47 and I was also patrolling and wanted to make sure that the living area was safe enough.

MR YAMILE: You see they would dismantle an AK47 and then they would assemble it again. Then I looked and then I called the Committee, I said no, this doesn't look right. They didn't ask anything, they were just continuing.

The committee is satisfied that he has complied with the requirements of the Act and he is therefore GRANTED amnesty in respect of the unlawful possession of an AK47 rifle and ammunition committed on or about the 20 April 1994 at Thokoza.

They said they are not sure what is going on, but somebody must be dead at a certain spot where a van was parked. On that day I had an AK47, which I had exchanged with that pistol which I had removed from the coloured man.

... a name. Skosana referred to me - said I was a dog and he wanted to get something to hit me with. When the other one opened his jacket I saw an AK47. I ran ...

... decided to wait for it at the robots of Orlando, Diepkloof and I was armed with R4 and the other person, I have forgotten his name, was carrying an ...

MR DLAMINI: Like and AK47 is not a South African make.