AK47

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.

MR DE KOCK: On our side I decided to take AK47 guns with, we also had handgrenades of communist or east-block origin. General van Rensburg's request however was that we use Scorpion machine pistols because they were standard weapons which were used by the PAC particularly, so that it would create ...

"... 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 ...

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]

... 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 ...

During the late afternoon on 26 March 1993 the unit entered the I&J premises. Applicant was armed with an AK47 assault rifle. The unit was surprised by employees of I&J and Applicant fired shots at them. The plan was foiled and the unit fled from the scene. Applicant concealed the AK47 in the ...

Count 11: the illegal possession of 20 x 7.62 rounds of ammunition for an AK47;

... indeed handgrenades if I recall correctly, and up to today I have a recollection that we found this amount of explosives, demolition charges and an AK47. I may be incorrect. Because of the total of other scenes that we had visited, I might be confusing this, but I do have a recollection that we ...

MR BARNARD: No then I was then under arrest and I was in detention. I cannot recall the precise period but I know that in November I took out an AK47, so I was already in detention. I had spent much time in detention and I was only released in February.

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.

MR RAS: Apart from the fact that I could not determine the age of the person I could also not determine whether or not that person was lying in the bed clutching an AK47 or a Scorpion pistol.

CHAIRPERSON: Before you do so, you made reference to a telephone call having been received from Mr Wehrmann about the AK47.

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

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.

They asked me as to what they had used. I just mentioned all these AK47, whatever came to my head. I said no, they have hidden those firearms and they realised that I was laying. They just wanted - before you could just extract this communism in your head, we are not going to leave you.

On the second occasion the applicant and Nortje handed AK47 rifles to a man who the applicant believed to be Temba Khoza. The latter hid the weapons in a hole on the ground floor of the United Towers Building in Johannesburg.

MR XULU: Yes, I gave them one AK47.

MR BERGER: That night there were people armed with AK47's, shotguns, other rifles, is that correct?

MR PRINSLOO: No, not the AK47. The AK applied to the third applicant.