South Africa: Stark reality — many of us are closer to living on the street than we think

Last week, I bought a new bed. It is, hands down, one of the best purchases I’ve made as an adult. Even more so when you consider that up until then, I was still sleeping on the second-hand single bed I bought off one of my honours-year classmates. My first night in this new bed was one of the most comfortable I can remember.