AK47

AMNESTY IS HEREBY GRANTED: to the abovenamed Applicant in respect of the unlawful possession of an AK47 rifle and ammunition committed at or near Kathlehong on or about 13 December 1993.

MR VISSER: To interrupt you there, do you have any knowledge of any - we have heard of an AK47 and a limpet mine which was planted in the kombi, do you have any personal knowledge thereof?

MR NTOMBENI: AK47.

... Applicant is unable to furnish full particulars of all the weaponry that was procured, these included to the best of his recollection, 7 or 8 AK47 assault rifles and between 5 and 10, 9mm handguns. Applicant was also involved in the legal and illegal acquisition of ammunition for these ...

... Natal region, but somewhere, as to how many weapons, what there nature, the type of weapons, etc that were delivered to Southern Natal and if three AK47's went to Umkababa and two went to Inanda or whatever, would there be that sort of record somewhere in the MK offices, either at Headquarters or ...

... of ordinance and safe-shooting and on the overall, the efficient execution of the SDU tasks. As a Unit we were also trained in the use of AK47 automatic rifles, pistols, grenades. Part of our political education included the history of the MK, the contents of the ongoing violence, the ...

We have heard in our experience in these hearings, that you often had Units and then they had their AK47's and hand grenades and whatever, they had arms when they went on an operation. If an operative did not have an arm, would he be issued with an arm, a weapon of some sort?

11. Unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. These being an R4 or R5 rifle, an AK47 rifle, ammunition for these weapons and hand and rifle grenades.

... retaliatory attacks against the members of the IFP staying at Ngcobo's place. For this purpose the applicant and Thokozani Mbhele were armed with AK47 whilst his other colleagues were armed with self-made pump guns. These weapons belonged to the ANC and were used for such retaliatory attacks ...

MR BRITZ: It was an AK47 with a silencer and at some or other place where there was an embankment, we tested it to see if it was operating.