AK47

1. The unlawful possession of firearms, on 7,62 x 39 calibre AK47.

You will note that what is depicted on most of them, are weapons, AK47's, that is probably the most important aspect thereof. Mr Bellinghan, before we dealt with the fact that they came from Khotso House, could you give us an indication of how regularly documents, stickers, pamphlets, posters, ...

prison. He introduced John Showa to us and that was in June and he trained us and thereafter he did this in a house no. 337 in Botshabelo. He used AK47 firearms and a 3.8 and a Scorpion and a handgrenade and an R1. After June he left and he said he would come back in November. That was in ...

... house it was confirmed that he was the owner of the house; that an ANC membership card containing his particulars was found in the house; that an AK47 rifle was found in the ceiling of the house; that petrol bombs were found in the garage adjacent to the house and that in the direct vicinity of ...

... there was this - he calls this person, he doesn't know his name but a young boy of about 18 and 20 years who was constantly on his side with an AK47 and he was starved for sixteen days. I mean in contrast to the picture you're trying to paint of him having been well ...

... of the operation, we had agreed that myself and Tshika were the actual people who were supposed to carry out the operation. I was armed with an AK47 with two magazines, which means 60 rounds, three F1 handgrenades and Tshika had the same ammunition. The mode of operation that we used was ...

MR DE KOCK: Chairperson, there was an increase in the smuggling of weapons, especially from Mozambique and there the Unit who was under my command, obtained successes. In a period of six weeks to two months, we took possession of 400 to 600 AK47's which had been smuggled in from Mozambique.

I did my training and showed the others and then I stood watching the others and while standing there I would wonder a bit and I found a firearm, an AK47 which was lying there. I, we were not allowed to carry firearms, we were carrying batons at the time. So I saw a firearm lying in the grass ...

AK47 rifles were used to give an impression that the attackers were members of the ANC or PAC's military wing.

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.

MR PRINSLOO: And evidence has already been given that the people had AK47 East block weapons with them.

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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?

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 VAN DEN BERG: Were you given an instruction to fire rounds through the AK47 before you left it in the vehicle?

MR MOELE: Firstly because we had AK47 sub-machine guns, we needed the pistols for personal security and also to train SDU comrades with these firearms that we got inside the country, in South Africa.

an object and the motor vehicle was brought to a stop. They then fled to the nearest house where he was arrested. He was found in possession of an AK47 rifle as well as ...

... geblyk het dat die huis waar die skietery plaasgevind het, die eerste oorledene se huis was, dat hy 'n ingeskrewe lid van die ANC was, dat 'n AK47 versteek was in die plafon van die huis, dat daar petrolbomme in die garage aanliggend tot die huis was en dat 'n half voltooide struktuur ...

... and the attack spurred on even further violence in the area. He also conceded that it was wholly disproportionate to deploy a group armed with 10 AK47 assault rifles in order to kill one person. He indicated that the attack should not have taken place and that to his mind it was the wrong way ...