'It's a lifesaver': Making solar power affordable in South Africa - BBC Africa

For years rich South Africans have been installing boreholes for water and solar power systems to keep their households going amidst rolling power blackouts and loadshedding - the regular daily scheduled outages that have been blighting SA's supply for years. Now companies have emerged that are introducing pay-as-you-go solar systems, to allow poorer households in the townships to also get power. This is allowing informal and small scale businesses to keep going despite the previously crippling power shortages. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/