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.

... 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 PIENAAR: Yes, Chairperson, it was very quick. There were four men in the kombi, they were all fatally shot, an AK47 was found with them, with an extra magazine. I secured all these weapons personally because they were all cocked. And in two carry bags which were also in the kombi, I found two ...

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?

... gunshot". And then we investigated, "where is the gun?". He said, "I have it, it is right in my house and I dug and hid it there". That was an AK47 gun with its ammunitions. It is then that Mr Ravele showed us where he shot into the air. ...

... 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 SHICEKA: R4, one R5, one AK47.

... was, during 1993-1994, a member of the African National Congress in Mozambique. He participated in activities amounting to unlawful possession of AK47 machine guns; unlawful possession of ammunition; unlawful possession of hand grenades; unlawful possession of firearms and unlawful possession ...

MR MOPEDI: So you want to tell this hearing that at no stage did you carry a firearm, an AK47?

"... below the body of the black man there was an AK47",

... as 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 ...

MR LAX: In this attack, we have been told there were two AK47's, 3 AK47's, two home-made firearms and a pump-gun, correct?

Mr Kgase, I noticed that in your application form at page 52 of the bundle, in reply to the question where you are asked to state the nature and the particulars of the offences in respect of which you are applying, you make mention of AK47s. Was there any incident in which you had to use an AK47?

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 MOELE: The trained cadres of MK, had they been given one AK47 each, that would still be okay, but then they would also be required to get more weapons, so that they can train the members and use those against any attack.

MR PAPIER: Yes. Thank you Judge. In particular and specifically I refer this Honourable Commission to the evidence of Sidney Hendricks who testified that he was in possession of a survival kit which included an AK47.

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

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 TAIT: The deduction that I made Chairperson, was that it was AK47 rifles.