AK47

MR VAN ZWEEL: Those persons were armed with AK47 rifles and they all had magazines, the weapons were cocked. Hand grenades were also found, two.

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 ...

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.

... 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 ...

... and that would have to be of Russian or Eastern Block origin. I think that we used between 36 and 37 AKM's, that is another version of the AK47, because the ANC was exclusively using AKM's with regard to their internal operations. The landmines and the ammunition also had to be checked ...

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 NOSENGA: An AK47.

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 ...

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 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?

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 ...

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 MADONDO: An AK47 rifle.

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 ...

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 ...

MR SITHOLE: There was an exchange of fire, between Temba who was holding an AK47 and a person who had a small firearm, while Mr Munsami was inside.

MR CERQUEIRA: I observed the guy in the back seat of the car - there was what I believe was a R4 or an R1, I don’t know what you call these things now, or an AK47 through the window ...[intervention]

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