AK47

6. the unlawful possession of various firearms including AK47 assault rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers and ammunitions for such firearms during or about the period 1992 - 1993 at Gauteng in regard to the activities of the Self Defence Unit under Applicant's command.

18. The Vlakplaas contingent had taken up position lower down the road. Snyman and Ras were armed with AK47's to do the elimination if necessary and Vermeulen guarded their vehicle. After seeing the explosion and noticing that all the deceased were instantly killed, they immediately left for ...

... in a Cortina Station Wagon, fitted with false number plates in the early hours of 18 September 1986.  The 3rd applicant was armed with an AK47.  The 2nd applicant had brought along a bomb, a so-called "Mellow Yellow", which was a home-made device consisting of a tin container, ...

"Lt Pretorius instructed Peter Lengene, Monyane and Linda Moni to make sure that the limpet mines were placed nearby ...(indistinct) and if they failed to pull out the pins of the limpet mines they should shoot them with the AK47 rifles."

... in a minor traffic accident near the road going to Ngwelezana, and when the traffic officer pulled the vehicle over the driver ran off, and an AK47 was found behind the seat of the cab. We didn't know what had happened to Clare, and for two weeks we had no information and we had no ...

MR SOKO: AK47.

... and according to this information, which is still the information from More, he had received instant training in the handling and operation of AK47 guns and explosives, now this information is still More's, and furthermore it indicates that he was a courier for the ANC between Swaziland and ...

... many things apart from playing football. You said that even some of the cars were stolen, that you yourself was trained, that you used to have AK47's, that you knew one person who had his throat almost cut off, that you were present when Stompie was beaten, that you went and fetched the boys ...

... the person who was to execute the elimination. One evening he proceeded to the target's place where he knocked on the door. he was armed with an AK47 and when the target opened the door, Applicant shot him at close range. The Applicant assumes that the person died because of the proximity in ...

The money that I got there was R18 000-00 for the recovery of three AK47's in (indistinct) and the arrest of the people carrying it, that is R18 000-00.

MR WILLS: And that you were trained in the use of AK47's, Uzzi machine guns, shotguns, G3 assault rifles and F1 and RDG5 handgrenades?

MR STEYN: Yes, that is correct. I had regular contact with people from the Special Branch in Botswana and I heard from them, that in the clearing up of the property, they found AK47's.

MR MKHWANAZI: AK47.

... Mbambo at the house of Patrick Dube. They borrowed Dube's car and asked applicant it drive them to the home of Mrs. Mabuyazi. They both carried AK47 rifles. When they arrived at the home of Mabuyazi, they went in while he remained in the vehicle. He did not know what the two had come to ...

MR BOSCH: That's correct, Chairperson, there was a list listing various amounts, like for instance R750 for getting an AK47. If you eliminated somebody you got R2 000 etcetera, handgrenade, so much money. So there was an official scale and we worked according to that scale.

... the Applicant, on the day in question, went to visit his sister who lived in an informal settlement in the town of Ixopo. He was armed with an AK47 rifle. When at the outskirts of town he hid the rifle under a cardboard box close to the road. He then proceeded into the town. He was seen ...

"A usually reliable source during the first week of December 1985, reported a number of AK47 rifles and unidentified round objects, presumably landmines, in the possession of an MK terrorist. This terrorist stated that he and three other cohorts would travel to Bloemfontein and Kimberley before ...

CHAIRPERSON: What sort of firearm was it? Was it an AK47, a pistol, a revolver, what sort of firearm?

(c) 537 rounds of 7,65mm AK47 machine rifle ammunition.

MR LAMEY: Let's proceed to the next page, page 41. You say that certain preparations were made for the weapons which would be used. You mention that every member of the group had a Scorpion hand machine-gun with a silencer and that every member also had an AK47.