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.)

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 CELE: I had an AK47 and a hand grenade.

"... 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?

MR MADONDO: An AK47 rifle.

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".

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. ...

... 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 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.

... 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 ...

... 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 MATHE: Firstly, my first crash course was at Atteridgeville. It was mainly on the use of a pistol and AK47.

arson and intimidate others; he was also involved with Cosas. After Van Vuuren had broken the window pane of Thibedi's house with the barrel of an AK47 assault rifle, the second applicant threw a bomb into the house. It exploded and the house was virtually destroyed. It was in fact a shack. ...

"... a really reliable source during (this is right at the top of the page, paragraph 2(d)) the first week of December 1985 saw an unknown number of AK47 rifles and an unknown number of round objects in the possession of a well known ANC terrorist in Lesotho. The terrorist indicated that he and ...

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.

... 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 ...