AK47

... were supplied free in order to gain future zones of influence in the strategic areas of the world. There is no coincidence in the fact that the AK47 is the commonly used weapon in the areas of conflict to say nothing of Russian tanks, aircraft, trucks and other equipment made by ...

... Just to finally close on this point, as we heard from previous Amnesty Hearings, there were incidents where the information was that let's say AK47 weapons were involved, but that Murder and Robbery were not investigated but then the Security Branch will take over the investigation and be ...

... retaliatory attacks against the members of the IFP staying at Ngcobo's place. For this purpose the applicant and Thokozani Mbhele were armed with AK47 whilst his other colleagues were armed with self-made pump guns. These weapons belonged to the ANC and were used for such retaliatory attacks ...

MR VAN RENSBERG: Did you see Mr Swanepoeljumping into the room, away from the previous applicant which had the AK47,could you see that?

      The fraud committed in handing in an AK47 - August 1991 to January 1992 of Col GHB Bruwer - 1993.

... has now confirmed his affidavit, so we can refer to that, Mr Toyise and his family members had been arrested shortly before this incident and an AK47 had been seized by the police. Now a day or so before the arrest of Mr Toyise, people had come to Mr Toyise's home to get the AK47 and these ...

He went to his room and armed himself with an AK47 assault rifle. He then went to a place that he knew Ndebele passed regularly and waiting for him. When he saw Ndebele drive past he followed him to his home. Ndebele parked his vehicle and went inside the shack.

has been led that the applicants before the Committee are very unsophisticated people, even their struggle was not one with hand grenades, bombs and AK47's. That should be noted and even in the application forms, they didn't have the opportunity of the application forms being filled by the ...

... do not have the cars. However, when the shooting started it took about ten minutes for them to arrive. They should have heard the sounds of an AK47 because it was very loud. I wonder if they did not hear the sound of the ...

MR COETSEE: There were AK47's, there were limpet mines and also handgrenades.

depart from the point that I would approach that truck driver because I linked the mandrax smugglers with that man. If he told me that he wanted an AK47 or whatever, I would see to it that he would get whatever it is that he wants. I knew that it would be for an illegal reason, but I would make ...

... Applicant is unable to furnish full particulars of all the weaponry that was procured, these included to the best of his recollection, 7 or 8 AK47 assault rifles and between 5 and 10, 9mm handguns. Applicant was also involved in the legal and illegal acquisition of ammunition for these ...

MR NTOMBENI: AK47.

Mr Moele testified that he was requested by his Commander, Mr Mametse, to urgently find R10 000 in order to buy eight AK47 sub machine guns and hand grenades. They collected about half of the amount, but needed the balance urgently because they feared that they might miss the opportunity to buy ...

AMNESTY IS HEREBY GRANTED: to the abovenamed Applicant in respect of the unlawful possession of an AK47 rifle and ammunition committed at or near Kathlehong on or about 13 December 1993.

... had a big braai in the evening, and in the morning they put out lots of cases of ammunition and rows of weapons and we had great fun, shooting off AK47's, Uzi's, all sorts of ...

MR SKOSANA: We only had two guns, AK47 and hand grenades.

MR KAHANOVITZ: He said that he returned to the cottage that he'd hired on a particular day thereafter and he found a parcel that had been left there for him, containing an AK47 and two magazines, this was on the 11th of September, 1989, the day before Adv Lubowski's assassination.

Amongst ourselves it was myself and Maxim (indistinct) Phakamisa and (indistinct) Mhlutwa and Xama Qungishi. We were armed in the following manner. Myself, I had a 303 rifle and Phakamisa had an AK47 and an explosive called M57.

We have heard in our experience in these hearings, that you often had Units and then they had their AK47's and hand grenades and whatever, they had arms when they went on an operation. If an operative did not have an arm, would he be issued with an arm, a weapon of some sort?