AK47

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

In the circumstances the applicant is GRANTED amnesty in respect of the unlawful possession and supply to Rev. P. Mhlongo of two AK47 rifles, two hand grenades and an unknown quantity of ammunition on or about 3 May 1989 at Mpumalanga, Kwa Zulu-Natal.

... that the group of attackers be allowed to move through the township. On their journey through the township, the group fired at residents with AK47 rifles. A young boy was killed and several people injured. Applicant fled from the attackers as he was unarmed. He collected some ...

... modified M26 handgrenades.  These were furnished directly to IFP leaders in Ulundi, Natal.  These consignments included approximately 6 to 8 AK47 assault rifles and ammunition as well as pistols.  On the instructions of Applicant's superiors, the supply of arms and ammunition was ...

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.

... and strangled to death at a rubbish dump near Boipatong. A week later at an all night vigil for Nangalembe a gang of armed men, armed with AK47's, first threw a hand grenade into the tent where mourners had gathered and then fired randomly into the crowd. 38 People were killed and a ...

... 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 ...

... would like to add that to my statement, that not only did two of my men die in this period but that I was also subjected to handgrenade attacks and AK47 gunfire, and not a single shot was fired by my ...

TRANSPORTATION OF AK47 ASSAULT RIFLES TO HARRISMITH

given to the Applicant has not been disclosed by him.  What is of importance however is that the Applicant had sold three of these weapons, two AK47 assault rifles and one SKS rifle to an unidentified young man for R5 000.  Both the creation of the arms cache and the eventual disposal of ...

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

With this in mind Steyn and Botha cordoned off the area preventing the other policemen and the public from coming close to the Cressida. Wasserman returned with a bag containing AK47's and hand grenades that he gave to Botha who surreptitiously planted them in the Cressida.

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.

In all the circumstances of the case, we are satisfied that there was no need for launching the application inasmuch as the Applicant had committed no offence in regard to the possession of the AK47 rifle in question.

... 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 ...

MR LAX: And whether he was killed in Boputhatswana or not, it would have been a matter or concern that here is another policeman murdered, AK47 are used, all that information was known.

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... of ammunition. We heard talk of people making their own home made firearms and the only ammunition you have primarily spoken about, have been AK47 ammunition. I wondered whether as part of the ordinance, efforts were made to obtain for example most home made firearms would use shotgun ...