https://thebigfuss.com/en/money/south-africa-makes-39-percent-of-its-fuel/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T18:00:00+00:00South Africa now makes only 39% of its own fuel, and the national tank holds about 30 days https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/netherlands-er-four-hours-europe-is-dead/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T16:00:00+00:00Four hours in a Dutch ER with a hurt foot, and one dad says he is done with Europe https://thebigfuss.com/en/explained/apple-october-13-event-welcome-home/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T12:00:00+00:00Apple says "Welcome home" on 13 October. Here is everything it is expected to launch https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/tech-billionaires-bunkers-apocalypse-insurance/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T10:00:00+00:00Zuckerberg's "basement," Thiel's New Zealand and Altman's gas masks: Silicon Valley's doomsday shopping list https://thebigfuss.com/en/world/pope-leo-death-penalty-vatican-executioner/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T08:00:00+00:00Pope Leo XIV just called the death penalty "inadmissible". Then the internet found the Vatican's red-cloaked executioner https://thebigfuss.com/en/money/south-africans-pay-r31-billion-bank-fees-own-cash/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T06:38:00+00:00Banks take R31 billion a year from South Africans just for touching their own cash https://thebigfuss.com/en/world/houthi-missile-riyadh-airport/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T06:23:00+00:00"Caught on camera: People in pilgrim white run as a Houthi missile hits Riyadh's airport" https://thebigfuss.com/en/world/pope-leo-lung-nodule-surgery/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T06:08:00+00:00Doctors found a nodule in Pope Leo's lung. He told the world himself, then asked for prayers https://thebigfuss.com/en/politics/anc-citizenship-loyalists-critics/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T06:00:00+00:00An ANC MP wants to strip citizenship over what South Africans say abroad. A minister agreed https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/japan-danjiri-floats-overturn-two-dead/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T05:53:00+00:00Two 4-tonne wooden floats flipped in one day at a Japanese festival. Two men died under them https://thebigfuss.com/en/politics/why-foreign-companies-choose-cape-town-investment/The Big Fussen2026-10-12T04:00:00+00:00The world's biggest companies already picked the Cape. Imagine what it could offer them on its own https://thebigfuss.com/en/world/border-wall-tree-cut-down-arizona-cottonwood/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T15:45:00+00:00A tree almost as old as America was cut down in minutes. Who was sitting in it? https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/giant-waterlily-colombia-plant-selfie/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T15:00:00+00:00One Instagram selfie found a plant you can see from space. Why are only 50 left? https://thebigfuss.com/en/explained/egypt-first-kings-servants-sacrificed/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T14:15:00+00:00Egypt's first kings took their servants with them. What do the skulls say? https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/gypsy-rose-blanchard-ken-urker-final-calls/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T13:30:00+00:00Ken Urker died at 34. What were the calls that "humiliated" him? https://thebigfuss.com/en/explained/vatican-secret-archives-what-is-inside/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T12:45:00+00:00What is the Vatican hiding on 53 miles of shelves almost nobody can enter? https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/roman-shipwreck-6511-unbroken-dishes/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T12:00:00+00:00Archaeologists found 6,511 Roman dishes on the seabed. Why did they survive 2,100 years? https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/brooklyn-beckham-photo-reopens-rift/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T11:15:00+00:00Brooklyn Beckham's new fan used to be David's friend. Is the truce over? https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/180000-giant-tortoises-seychelles/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T10:30:00+00:00Scientists just counted 180,000 giant tortoises on one island. Where were they hiding? https://thebigfuss.com/en/money/christian-horner-red-bull-33-million-payout/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T09:45:00+00:00Red Bull paid Christian Horner £100 million to go. Why won't anyone say why? https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/ai-agents-it-happened-again/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T09:00:00+00:00The rogue AI swarm was shut down. So who found its notes? https://thebigfuss.com/en/explained/durban-refugees-moore-road-450-stranded/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T08:15:00+00:00450 people lived on one Durban street for four months. Why could nobody move them? https://thebigfuss.com/en/money/eskom-record-profit-lowest-sales/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T07:30:00+00:00Eskom just made R30 billion. So why is nobody buying its electricity? https://thebigfuss.com/en/world/london-palestine-march-battle-of-britain-memorial/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T07:15:00+00:00Marchers climbed the memorial to 2,937 Battle of Britain airmen. Broken wreaths lay below https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/walmart-gayle-44-years-flowers/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T07:00:00+00:0044 years at Walmart and a bunch of flowers: Why 7 million people are furious https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/cape-town-freeway-ends-in-mid-air/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T06:45:00+00:00Why has Cape Town's freeway ended in mid-air for 50 years? https://thebigfuss.com/en/world/yorkshire-wildlife-park-tiger-attack/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T06:30:00+00:00A man died in a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Police say the tiger was not hurt https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/smith-machine-squat-injuries-safety/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T06:00:00+00:00Is the Smith machine safe for squats? The gym's "safe" machine has a dark side https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/men-shaving-eyelashes-trend/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T05:30:00+00:00Men are shaving off their eyelashes, and science says it is a terrible trade https://thebigfuss.com/en/viral/baby-mammoth-yana-50000-years/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T05:00:00+00:00Baby mammoth Yana: The 50,000-year-old calf that keeps breaking the internet https://thebigfuss.com/en/money/pharma-gifts-change-what-doctors-prescribe/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T04:30:00+00:00Do drug company gifts change what your doctor prescribes? A huge review says yes https://thebigfuss.com/en/politics/western-cape-tourism-record-could-the-cape-go-it-alone/The Big Fussen2026-10-11T04:00:00+00:00The world already loves the Cape. Imagine what it could do with the keys