AK47

We must also say to each other that at that stage it was not only the defence force in possession of firearms, but many of the people, not part of the old regime, were also in possession of firearms. I mean AK47's was a daily

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... from the barrel of thisgun blowing up and obviously this loud bang that went with itgave me such a shock that I ripped off the stock, I had an AK47,and I just kept firing, my hand was being burnt by the barrelbut I was just crazy at that time and we were all firing. ...

... Semour 22 members of PASO were physically assaulted. In 1992 in Emanzini at Peddie 2 members were killed and 4 members were shot in Fort Hare with AK47’s and in 1992 in Fort Beaufort the same thing happened, one of our members was shot with an AK47. We never heard any of these people who ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

MR NTOMBENI: I wasn't there. On that day we were in Orlando and it so happened that I had an AK47 with me. I was arrested together with Tobogo and Mangena. And at that time we lost that AK47, they arrested Tobogo, they assaulted them.

MR NTOMBENI: AK47.

... lady across the road from a church in Guguletu during quite an active period and some kids ran through the house that we were in with rifles, with ...

... up what’s happened in the past with the cycle of violence, we just blame it on outsiders coming in with Mafia, Mafio power and bank robberies and AK47’s and all of that kind of thing. So it’s another world that is there and it’s tangible and real and I don’t think very much of any of ...

We have then a whole list of incidents that happened in the Ciskei, and although it's certainly not clear that these were all MK operations, but we are talking about 48 handgrenade attacks, 23 AK47 attacks, limpet mine incidents with regard to headmen and ADM members, Ciskei police officers etc.

... is the back room of your Orlando house, with a Scorpion machine pistol in his bag and Oupa Seheri arrived and gave him a crash course in using an AK47 and how they exchanged guns and when Oupa Seheri came back to fetch him, you heard all ...

MR RICHARDSON: There was AK47, but divided. There was AK47 separated, there were grenades as well. I was even scared of touching those things, I just looked at them.

... 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 ...

Was this matter reported to the police? --- Police came. My son, my elder son, was shot by an AK47 and he was admitted in hospital. For nine months he stayed there. His name is Petros. Was he there? --- Yes, he was in the church, and he got injured. He didn't die, he is just limping now.

CHAIRPERSON: Sorry Mr Tloubatla. What kind of weapon did you shoot your victim with, was it a pistol or a revolver or an AK47?

... information which we had. It was changed to the place where they were shot dead. According to information they were killed at close range with an AK47 in the vehicle shortly after they had stopped. There were approximately 17 AK47 cartridges found on the scene. It appears as though they were ...

I then learnt that one of the civilians, I don't know his name, the male, was hit through the neck and was in a very critical condition. One of the policeman, a constable, was hit through the - with a flesh wound, through the thigh, and I was hit through the tibia several times with AK47 rifles.

When I arrived on the scene I saw that two members of the Police had been murdered and another person with an AK47 in his hand was found dead on the scene.