AK47

... before you knew of such an order although in honesty, Brigadier Loots told you that he did in fact see one. So you must assume that there was an AK47. And again, if that is so we are not able to say that Venter was entirely wrong in perhaps making an assumption that there was an order, ...

MR MHLONGO: We had AK47 rifles in our possession and Lebohang had a grenade, an F1 grenade.

Were you involved in attacks or defensive actions where you carried an AK47 or any form of weapon which you used against the opposition?

Unlawful possession of AK47 and ammunition;

MR NDWANGU: My soldiers had AK47 rifles, we shot at them and we made them to jump the fire that they made. Some of them did not manage to get out of the fire, they died in that fire. Some of them got scattered and others came straight to our direction.

MR MBATHA: Domorotonga used his AK47 firing the shots.

did you also have specific information or let me put it this way, did you have knowledge of information that the smuggling networks for arms such as AK47's and other arms from Mozambique found their way to the liberation movements of that time and that this was also in the combating of the unrest ...

... to use a firearm and I told him that I was not able to because I had never handled a firearm before. He asked me whether I knew how to handle an AK47. I told him that I'd never seen an AK. And he asked me as to whether I had a desire to see or handle it. I agreed with him and said I wanted ...

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.

... unable to locate that annexure, but it simply relates to a fairly important incident of harassment relating to the planting, alleged planting of an AK47, on the premises of the applicant. My attorney says that the information contained in there was personally conveyed to him and he is prepared ...

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.

MR NGXONGO: AK47, limpet mines, hand grenades, ammunitions.

... Chairperson, when it appeared that there was no more life within the vehicle, Sgt Holtzhausen opened the sliding door of the vehicle. He had an AK47 gun and he fired shots between the front seats of the minibus. I saw two persons lying in the back of the vehicle and one on the front driver's ...

MR MATSHAYA: I was carrying an AK47 rifle.

... with a view to disarming them of their weapons. Later that night, he accompanied by DK, Shona and Chicken Licken armed with R4 rifles and an AK47 went to the station. They came to a room which they believed was occupied by policemen. The door of the room was closed. Shiceka and DK ...

At that stage we dispersed. One of our members was shot by the police. I threw away the AK47 and rushed back to the area. That is the story.

MR MAHLANGU: I was carrying an AK47.

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

MS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN: Before you continue, this firearm that you used, is it correct that that was an AK47 rifle?