News24 | How Numsa boss funds his lifestyle; Petrol pain on Wednesday: Today’s top 7 stories

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- Numsa boss Irvin Jim is allegedly benefiting from entities linked to American billionaire Roy Singham, enjoying a luxurious lifestyle that includes an armoured BMW and executive apartments.

- These benefits are channelled through a company and an NPO controlled by Jonis Ghedi Alasow, who allegedly has close ties to an American billionaire.

- Neither Jim, Numsa nor Alasow have responded to detailed queries about the alleged benefits or their relationships with Singham and the entities involved.

- The price of all grades of petrol will increase by R1.43 per litre on Wednesday, while the wholesale price of diesel will decrease.

- A large negative balance in the slate fund has led to an increase of 35.04 cents per litre in the slate levy.

- Government’s fuel price levy relief is being cut by R1.50 per litre for petrol and R1.96 per litre for diesel and will end in July.

- Carel Schoeman, a lawyer, is accused of buying a 13-year-old girl from her mother and repeatedly raping her.

- Schoeman wants the case discharged, claiming a lack of evidence and that he believed the child was 19 years old.

- The mother faces 72 counts for allegedly forcing her daughters to have sex with multiple clients daily.

- Liam Jacobs is reportedly returning to the DA as a consultant.

- DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis advocated for Jacobs’ return during a recent meeting.

- Jacobs’ return occurs less than a year after he left the DA for the PA.

- A study by the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) flagged more than 22 000 employees in basic education and found over 600 000 undocumented pupils in eight provinces.

- The ELRC project, costing nearly R20 million, verified staff, pupils, schools and classrooms, revealing issues like teachers not teaching, schools lacking basic services, and employees registered with multiple state departments.

- The Western Cape Education Department was initially involved but later excluded due to concerns about data sharing and compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.

- Bafana Bafana departed for Mexico a day late, without assistant coach Helman Mkhalele, due to visa application issues.

- Head coach Hugo Broos believes the one-day delay won’t significantly affect World Cup preparations, with a warm-up match against Jamaica scheduled.

- Bafana Bafana will open their World Cup campaign against Mexico on 11 June.

- Dua Lipa and Callum Turner repo