AK47

... mission. We were a Unit of four and I was the Commander of the Unit. It was myself, Msito, Lunga and Sbu. I was armed with R4 rifle, Msito with AK47, Lunga was the driver, unarmed, and Sbu was armed with R5 and we also had RPG7, two rocket launchers, which were to be used in the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

MR VAN ZWEEL: Those persons were armed with AK47 rifles and they all had magazines, the weapons were cocked. Hand grenades were also found, two.

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 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]

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. ...

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.

MR XULU: Yes, I gave them one 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.

i) Possession of an AK47 rifle;

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

CHAIRPERSON: And did you have an AK47 or did you have a pistol? What sort of firearm?

... 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 ...

TRANSPORTATION OF AK47 ASSAULT RIFLES TO HARRISMITH

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

MR ALBERTS: To the best of my knowledge Mr Chairman, not an AK47.