AK47

(c) (Second applicant is granted amnesty for the offences of having been in unlawful possession of an AK47 assault rifle and an R1 rifle, a 12 bore shotgun and the possession of ammunition for the aforesaid rifles and shotgun.)

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 ...

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. ...

"... 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 MOPEDI: So you want to tell this hearing that at no stage did you carry a firearm, an 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 ...

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.

... 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 ...

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.

... 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 ...

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.

... 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 ...

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.

"I threw a burning tyre in one of the houses. I was in Damara Quonquo's group. He had an AK47..."

... of the murder of Mr David Lukhele and his sister, Elizabeth Dludlu, as well as the attempted murder of Mrs Lukhele, where they were attacked with AK47 rifles. Then there was the murder of Const Seuntjie Vuma of Mamelodi, where AK47s were used to kill ...