AK47

MR NHLAPHO: An AK47.

MR MAHLALA: Vusi fell down. I took the firearm from Vusi, we heard the sound of an AK47 and as we were shooting them, we suspected that, we didn't know that they were police, because they were dressed in private clothes.

... assaulted by someone. Now when the sergeant wanted to obtain a statement from him he then opened his coat, unbuttoned his coat and then took out an AK47 and started shooting at the police station, at the ...

MR RASEGATLA: We are talking of AK47.

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 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

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.

MR MBATHA: Domorotonga used his AK47 firing the shots.

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

We are satisfied that they have indeed complied with the requirements of the Act and in the result amnesty is GRANTED in respect of the offence of robbery to all the applicants and also for the offence of unlawful possession of the AK47 and handgrenade to Kubukeli.

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 MALAN: But you did say yesterday that you saw Tusanang with an AK47 at Blanko's house when you were woken up.

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?

... Nhlanhla was able to point out the alleged offenders one of whom was the deceased, Mr Buthelezi. At that time the applicant was armed with an AK47 and ammunition which was the possession of the SDU in the area and was part of the consignment of weapons bought by the SDUs in order to carry ...