Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-05-03 i Daily Voice

Daily Voice|2022-05-03

WHITE HOT AT WHITE HOUSE

NOTHING says “we’re official” like attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson walked the red carpet hand in hand at the high-profile function, joining journalists, fellow celebs, President Joe Biden and host Trevor Noah. The reality TV star dazzled in a sleeveless silver Balenciaga Couture gown with Lorraine Schwartz jewellery, while her comedian boyfriend sported a black Prada tuxedo paired with Prada sunglasses and Vans takkies. Stake Kim, 41, and Pete, 28, arrived at the event held at the Washington Hilton Hotel as guests of ABC News, whose parent company, Disney, owns a majority stake in Hulu, which streams her new show The Kardashians. While they were seated, they were approached by a familiar face – Kim’s stepfather Caitlyn Jenner, who greeted Kim with a…

1 min

Daily Voice|2022-05-03

MONEY TALKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE

IN 2010, I was in charge of the Western Cape arm of a national project set up by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Credit Ombudsman. The aim was to look at the accessibility of financial information to ordinary South African consumers. The results were dismal and things haven’t really changed much since then. Our communities simply don’t have adequate access to suitable financial information. We continue to have people who don’t have a damn clue about our lived reality and experiences, using highly paid ads to give us financial advice and information. Most of these rah-rah financial commentators simply don’t understand how much it truly costs the ordinary person just to get to work via public transport, or how people have to choose between buying either electricity…

4 min

Daily Voice|2022-05-03

HUNT FOR BABY SNATCHER

A BISHOP Lavis mom is living her worst nightmare after her two-month-old baby was snatched at a supermarket over the weekend. The frantic mother of baby Kai-Isha Meniers says the kidnapper pretended to be pregnant to gain her trust, then stole the child and vanished without a trace. Mom of seven Francis Meniers, 41, says she was approached by the woman while running errands for a neighbour at Shoprite on Saturday afternoon. “I went to Shoprite for the aunty in the road so I could earn something. My sons and my daughter, Aqeelah, were with me and Shoprite was full. We took the pram with us and Kai-Isha was with us,” she tells the Daily Voice. “The woman told me her father was Congolese and her mother was South African…

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