AK47

Unlawful possession of an AK47 rifle without a license and

... 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 ...

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.

Evidence has been led that during the questioning Hashe admitted keeping an AK47 at his sister's place. This soon turned out to have been a lie as Hashe later said he was lying and had done so to relieve himself from further assaults. The deception is said to have infuriated his ...

... that it was not just youth or UDF, but that underground structures and they said that the MK were also involved and that people had weapons and AK47's. Do you want to respond to any of ...

(i) Supplying an AK47 rifle and ammunition to ANC structures in Sharpeville during or about 1993.

MR LENGANE: And now Mr Molope came out and he got into your line of fire and you started firing with your AK47, please continue.

The applicant is GRANTED amnesty for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, an AK47 plus 200 rounds of ammunition and 5 steclikin pistols on the 7th of August 1991 in Sebokeng which he held on behalf of the SDU’s in Sebokeng in his capacity as chairperson of the ANC Sebokeng branch.

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

... contained in it, that people could be charged with terrorism or something like that very easily without necessarily carrying a hand grenade and a AK47. ...

... anybody who could be parted from it. Even the modern rifle which supplies the South African Defence Force, the R4, has its origins in the humble AK47, albeit with the Israeli intervention in between of the Galil(?) weapon. We know that Armscor would not scruple to beg, borrow, steal if ...

After some time, in 1991, one PAC member, Innocent, was arrested or got arrested for AK47 magazine and he was arrested in Durban at the PAC offices. After his arrest, I frequented the prison to go visit and see him. I will always see this Police who was handling the case of Innocent and the very ...

... According to the reports that you got after the attack, was the reason furnished, was it the only reason furnished that they heard a cock of an AK47, that's why they shot back? I don't know whether that was your evidence, or I'm ...

On the following day we went to see someone by the name of Kaili Hlembatha. He then told us that he couldn't give us an AK47, but he would be able to assist us by giving us a 303. He didn't give this to us on the same day. We went back to the place or the house where we arrived.

MR PRIOR: Did you receive training in the use of automatic weapons like the R5, R4 rifle, AK47?

MR HATTINGH: And when Ngqulunga was killed the impression was created that he was killed by members of the ANC, because he was shot dead with an AK47, isn't that so?

MR PULE: What I remember is that I trained him how to use the AK47 and the pistol, the grenades, the limpet mines and also how to make the car bomb and how to prepare oneself when you are going to use the car bomb. As far as the political education was concerned, the emphasis was on making sure ...

MR ZULU: On the 2nd of March we went out to dig out the weapons we had concealed. There were two Ak47's, V11 and a 303 firearm. We thereafter left. There was a steep hill where we hid behind some trees. That is where we waited until the vehicle approached and when it approached we went out onto ...

MR STRYDOM: I was carrying an AK47 Chairperson. The vehicle caught fire and we moved closer but the fire was so hot that the heat drove us back. We could not reach the vehicle. Accordingly I withdrew all the members and we moved back to the RSA. The vehicle was destroyed by the fire and later I ...