AK47

GRANTED AMNESTY: in respect of the unlawful possession of one AK47 rifle, one 9mm Star pistol, one Stetchken pistol and 48 rounds of ammunition for which he was arrested on 12 November 1993.

... Norman Madopa who was the driver of the get-away-car, a blue Stanza. They collected the applicant and Goodman. Sithole gave the applicant an AK47 rifle and ordered him to participate in the attack on Sgt. Morget's house who was viewed by the comrades as sell-out as he was very active in ...

"A war against the ANC. The assassination of political leaders was high on their agenda. De Kock had several meetings with Viljoen and also supplied 60 AK47’s to Riaan van Rensburg"

... was over.  He then went back to fetch them.  He had used a police kombi with false registration letters and numbers.  They were armed with AK47 machine guns with silencers.  The vehicle had been modified and fitted with invisible panels where the arms were hidden.  Flores confirms ...

MR MAZIBUKO: He had an AK47.

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

MR VAN VUUREN: Through the activities of myself and CaptainHechter, we normally had explosives, landmines, AK47 rifles andso forth which we had available in our vehicle.

MR ZUMA: As we were using the homemade guns and big guns, we got ammunition for 9mm and R1 ammunitions and R4 rifles ammunition. We had different types of homemade guns. One of the guns that we had was an AK47.

MR JONKER: So Sir, if you drive with your police car down the road and you were still in the Police Force and there's a man walking down the road with an AK47 and you arrest him, would that be an action?

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.

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 SOKO: AK47.

... 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 ...

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 ...

MR COETZEE: We found two AK47 rifles sealed in plastic bags, six magazines, a multitude of mini-limpet mines, detonators, handgrenades, RDG5 and F1, which were hidden in the vehicle.

... But didn't that even jeopardise the safety and the lives of your operatives if Opperman knew that there was going to be ten MK members armed with AK47 rifles, F1 hand-grenades, whatever it might be? He doesn't tell you, he says "Cloete, get these people ready to penetrate the house, you're ...

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

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

... 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 ...

From there we went to the veld or an open area where the hostel dwellers would be. I and other comrades were in front and there were others who were going to be ...(indistinct) up. I carried a 9mm and the co-applicant had an AK47.