'Blood-suckers were bugging us in bed'

• Published date: 26 November 2020
• Date: 26 November 2020
• Publication title: Southern Suburbs Tatler

The Hewitsons notified Tafelberg about the problem eight months after they bought the mattress.

"If Restonic had a pest problem, there would be thousands of them, it is impossible to only have one bed bug case. We have supplied beds to Tafelberg Furnishers for over 16 years and this is the first complaint regarding bed bugs.

"Each of our nationwide factories has highly skilled health and safety officers who implement and follow stringent health and safety measures that are above international standards," Mr Du Preez said.

Ms Hewitson and her husband Alexander paid R3 199 for the bamboo mattress on October 17 2019.

"During February we started itching, and, thinking it was a flea or two, we randomly sprayed to eliminate whatever was bothering us. But the itching and scratching continued until we saw the bugs crawling across the bed linen. When we lifted the mattress and pushed it up against the wall we saw black marks made by the bugs over the months on the ribbon fabric. The back of the mattress is covered...