Eben Engelbrecht
Now there is an easy way to spend at least three hours in the bath and top up with deliciously hot water all the time, without having the housemates complaining that you’re sending the electricity bill through the roof.
Simply go without that chic R9 000 Prada skirt, those R5 700 Gucci spike heeled shoes and that Shimansky gold and platinum necklace you’ve been lusting after (price on request) and have a solar energy system installed.There are some nifty specials around at the moment, including a solar powered geyser for under fifteen grand. There are, however, better and highly advanced systems on the market, which are more expensive, but they can store solar generated power in a battery system, to use when you choose.

These days the buzz word in solar power is photovoltaic, which simply translates to a solar panel which doesn’t just absorb heat, it converts light and heat into volts. As for style, solar panels on the roof does not make the house look low class, in fact they are unofficially symbolic of considerable wealth and esteemed female empowerment.Recently it was calculated that with the 25% rise in Eskom electricity, the average middle class household will be paying in the region of R2 700 a month for electricity within the next three years. That gives you well over R30 000 a year just for power. Now, doesn’t it make real female sense to do some wise capital investment in a good solar power system, have your municipal bill decrease by leaps and bounds and, at the same time, help save the planet?