AK47

MR MASOKA: As a member of the Self Defence Unit my duty was to patrol around the section, carry around my weapon, AK47 and inspect and monitor the situation around our section, and also monitor other sections.

MR VAN DER WALT: And this would not cause you to hesitate, to empty a magazine of an AK47 in him?

... approached the vehicle, it was probably 5 metres according to my estimation, a person jumped out of the left front side of the vehicle. He had an AK47 in his hands and I am convinced that he fired a shot because I could quite clearly see the flame coming from the front of the barrel. It ...

... are clear indicia(?) of surrounding circumstances, for instance the evidence of the other co-applicants that Hashe disclosed the existence of an AK47 at his sister's house. Now that, and I make the submission that if we assume that these people were, the victims were fearless of the security ...

these people were sitting and having something to eat there and they got up and opened their jackets and they just ... or opened up the butts of the AK47’s and then they took off and that’s when they started shooting. So they were there long before, they had already sized the whole place up. ...

MR CELE: I had an AK47 and a hand grenade.

We got into the vehicle. We were armed with weapons. We had an AK47, which was given to Wilson Mtetwa and I was given a 9mm pistol".

MR MADONDO: An AK47 rifle.

told while we were in the stadium, that there are firearms, those who want to use them, can come and collect them. I was one of those who wanted an AK47 and because the number was small, the number of firearms was not enough I found that they had already finished all the AK47's, so I was armed ...

MR HUGO: But is it not true that there were proper structures for members of Vlakplaas in terms whereof they would be rewarded if weapons were found, like AK47's?

In the result amnesty is hereby GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of all offences directly resulting from the unlawful possession of 2 x AK47 assault rifles and ammunition at Thokoza, Gauteng during 1993.

MR VAN ZYL: Chairperson, it was during 1991. We received information from a black lady who was dealing in AK47 guns. The transaction was set up with the woman, consequently I contacted Eikenhof Firearm Unit upon which they most probably would have informed C10, because Dougie Holtzhausen and one ...

MR NOSENGA: An AK47.

When I looked further, I saw him and I knew that this was the person that we were told about. We were told to kill. I did not waste time, I went to Mr Masidane's place where the AK47 was. The gentleman's surname is Masidane, I went to his place to fetch the AK47.

MR PIENAAR: Col de Kock immediately ran to the vehicle. I followed him, so did the other members. Mr Theron had a light which followed afterwards, he didn't shine the light from the beginning. The front door of the kombi went open and a person emerged with an AK47 gun in his hands.

purpose was to (a) take the weaponry which consisted of mostly SPM land mines, mini limpet mines, SPM limpet mines, mini limpet mines, handgrenades, AK47's and what all, from the freedom fighters that were going to use those weaponry to the public at large, not just military targets, and the ...

Count 8: the illegal possession of one AK47 gun with two magazines;

MR P DE CASTRO: Okay, sorry. And I saw some men. One which was carrying an R, it looked like an R4, an AK47 and he had a briefcase in the other arm at the same time.

... mission. We were a Unit of four and I was the Commander of the Unit. It was myself, Msito, Lunga and Sbu. I was armed with R4 rifle, Msito with AK47, Lunga was the driver, unarmed, and Sbu was armed with R5 and we also had RPG7, two rocket launchers, which were to be used in the ...

MR THULO: Linda Radebe. I was driving towards Polla Park looking for AK47 ammunition because I was ordered to go and buy those ammunitions. Linda Radebe who has since died saw Peter Sewasi, who is my co-applicant. They asked me that my car should be used. Peter was having a red headband like ...