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60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa are the oldest poison weapons ever discovered

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Scientists Discover Oldest Poison, on 60,000-Year-Old Arrows

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.
Jurist

Rights organization urges South Africa to protect civilians from explosive weapons

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged South Africa and other countries on Monday to endorse the political declaration on strengthening the protection of civilians from the humanitarian consequences arising ...
Aviation Week

Flight and weapon tests for new light attack helicopter option in Africa

Light helicopters could become a new platform for military forces in North Africa if tests being carried out by Europcopter and a South African systems integrator are successful. Eurocopter, and ...
defenceWeb

Multinational naval exercise between SA, Iran, China, and Russia scheduled for January

South Africa will host the multinational naval exercise Will for Peace 2026 in early January, when Chinese, Russian, and ...
SFGate

Police net 20-plus weapons -- including African spear -- at Greenwich collection

The array of weapons on a table inside Greenwich Police Headquarters looked as if it might belong in a museum or the home of a collector. There was a Smith & Wesson .32-caliber revolver dating back to ...
Reuters

Photos suggest South African police planted weapons on dead miners

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Photographs suggesting that South African police planted weapons on the bodies of workers shot dead by police at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine have been shown to an inquiry ...