AK47

MR MBOKANE: I had a .38 revolver, Gushu had an AK47 with.

MR SHICEKA: R4, one R5, one 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 MASOKA: As a member of the Self Defence Unit my duty was to patrol around the section, carry around my weapon, AK47 and inspect and monitor the situation around our section, and also monitor other sections.

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

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 SIBEKO: Now let us get this clear. Your involvement in these incidents, were you also carrying a firearm or an AK47 and did you at any stage pull the trigger to shoot at anybody?

MR HUGO: But is it not true that there were proper structures for members of Vlakplaas in terms whereof they would be rewarded if weapons were found, like AK47's?

MR SIBANYONI: Mr Mhlaba, if you can look at the first page of Mr Wanyane, paragraph 9, he speaks about possession of two AK47 rifles and then, but when he was listing the weapons, he spoke about one, is it perhaps a mistake?

... were deployed in the area by the director of special operations Sipho Bulalani Kloma who was also deputy director of operations. I was armed with AK47 and I do not remember exactly what type of weapons others were armed with, whether AK47 or R4 or R5 rifles. We had two targets on the day in ...

MR CELE: I had an AK47 and a hand grenade.

MR P DE CASTRO: Okay, sorry. And I saw some men. One which was carrying an R, it looked like an R4, an AK47 and he had a briefcase in the other arm at the same time.

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.

... 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 ...

... in order to protect and for the upkeep of the credibility of Mr Lengene, he told you that first of all he gave him a Russian firearms, an AK47, handgrenades to go and show these people. ...

MR HATTINGH: At the trial he testified that he shot Mr Sikhakhane with an AK47 that was fitted with a silencer.

... was already known to the Security Branch that the ANC had agents in the Security Branch in Durban, during a time when acts of terrorism, including AK47 guns and handgrenades were still prevalent. The suspicion of moles or informers in the Durban Security Branch, was then also confirmed by Mr ...

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?

MR VAN DER WALT: And this would not cause you to hesitate, to empty a magazine of an AK47 in him?

MR MADONDO: An AK47 rifle.