AK47

MS VAN DER WALT: And I note on page 54 of your application you mention that you were armed with an AK47 and that you fired various shots at persons in the house.

... get into the shop and see if John was inside. When I realised that John was not inside I went back to the spot where I was to get the firearm, the AK47. I came back and when I came back he was still standing in front of John's shop. I told myself that there's nothing else that he was there ...

... abovementioned category - I am not exactly sure about the date but another youth called Kenneth Dhlamine also known as Sithole was killed with an AK47 assault weapon. Kenneth Dhlamini was during 1987 detained by the security branch in terms of section 29 in another case. We can find this ...

... rights. The only offence that Mr Gaelatse committed and for which he seeks amnesty was that from approximately the middle of 1993 he possessed an AK47 weapon and bullets. This was possessed, he was one of the commanders of the Thokoza/Beirut section, he was self defence unit, he never incited ...

MR STRYDOM: Do you know an AK47 rifle?

MR SIBEKO: Were you involved - let me put it like this, did you at any stage during this violence carry a weapon, be it a Scorpion or an AK47, shoot anybody?

Having carefully considered the matter, we are satisfied that the application complies with all of the requirements of the Act. Amnesty is accordingly GRANTED to Applicant for the unlawful possession of an AK47 assault rifle and ammunition on or about 19 September 1993 at or near Thokoza, Gauteng.

... put on my clothes, off, and put them down. I ended up being naked. At that stage, I think, I had lost my mind. I was a bit confused. There were AK47's explosions all over. The whole area was dark. We just could only hear these AK47's and Thokoza was going to be an attack. They use to ...

CAPT. HECHTER: I remember that I went with an AK47 armed with an AK47 or pickaxe handles.

1. Unlawful possession of firearms, including an AK47 rifle, two Uzzi submachine guns and a R4 rifle;

MR MBAMBO: Explosives, that is hand grenades we called Ama Gabati or Large Stones, guns we used to call Ingoge, such guns as pistols and revolvers, the AK47 rifle was called Igeja.

MR HATTINGH: At the trial he testified that he shot Mr Sikhakhane with an AK47 that was fitted with a silencer.

MR BARNARD: After the incident, as I could see my actions there, I did not become involved with the vehicle, I remained back from the vehicle and if I recall correctly, Warrant Officer Pienaar searched through the vehicles and AK47 rifles and handgrenades were found in the vehicles.

On this list of the scale of remuneration, there would be stipulations such as bringing in an AK47, would given an extra R800-00, for a missile, it was R500-00, for ammunition, per 50, would be R50-00. For the arrest, the wounding or the taking in of an ANC or PAC terrorist an amount of R2 000-00 ...

... He then briefed us on the operation that was to be carried out. The car to be used was already parked in the yard. He then gave each of us an AK47 and also pistols. The operation depended on the signal from our commander's source. That means after arriving at the target place we were to ...

MR SIBEKO: The AK47 that you were using, what happened to it, Sir? That is the AK47 that you used at Mshayazafe and at Buthelezi.

MR GOOSEN: This time a Skyline motor vehicle was used - Lieut Hechter came there with a Skyline vehicle, he removed three AK47 rifles from the boot, as well as a mellow-yellow bomb.

MR SHICEKA: R4, one R5, one AK47.

... Bonga pointed us the place that was their boundary, and there, beyond that particular crossing line was the IFP territory. I was armed with an AK47 ...

MR BOOYENS: Mr de Kock, if someone would be shot at very close range with an AK47, would there be serious damage to the person?