Woman Bids Eskom Farewell and Shows Off Newly Installed Solar Panel, SA in Tears Over Its Size

Woman Bids Eskom Farewell and Shows Off Newly Installed Solar Panel, SA in Tears Over Its Size

  • Loadshedding drove a woman to find an alternative source of power and she shared her solution with netizens
  • The lady was chuffed and announced that she would not be relying on Eskom anymore as she will count on the sun to deliver
  • Online users saw the size of the solar panel the tweep was bragging about and were thoroughly amused

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A woman had enough of Eskom and bought herself an alternative source of power. Online users had much to say after they saw the solar panel on the roof of her house.

Woman shows off tiny solar panel
A woman bought a solar panel and showed it to Twitter users who made fun of its size. Image: Twitter/@NicoletteBailey/Getty Images/Thomas Burwick
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SA citizens are fed up with Eskom and had much to say about the lady's plan. People had jokes as they thought her solar panel would not help.

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One online user on Twitter @NicoletteBailey showed people that she attached a solar panel to her home. The panel looked tiny, see the full photo below:

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Twitter users react to woman's tiny solar panel

Eskom has had the country on a wild ride of scheduled power cuts that range from Stage 1 to 6. Recently it was announced that Stages 1 and 2 would continue for two years. People joked about how confident she was the panel would free her from relying on Eskom.

@MasikoNeo commented:

"I’m proud of you leader. Haters will say it’s a power bank."

@HeadyM commented:

"Mine is like 10 times bigger than this but I only use it for lights and charging."

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@SimplyNate_ commented:

"That's just gonna power the kettle and microwave."

@Tshego_Top commented:

"O charger phone fela, ge battery e fitlha 63%, solar e ba flat out. [This is will only charge a phone to 63% then it will be flat]."

@bbmenzi commented:

"It's all about humble beginnings."

@ChantelWard1979 commented:

"That thing gonna give you about as much electricity as what Eskom would."

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Briefly News previously reported that a man showed people his hectic loadshedding schedule. Peeps were up in arms that he had over 12 hours of no electricity.

Loadshedding continues to be the bane of many South Africans' lives. People cracked jokes about the man's misfortune.

One guy @siyamtitshana showed people that he was scheduled to have loadshedding for a whooping 14 hours in total. The man posted a screenshot of his power cut timetable.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za

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