Looks like UMEME load shedding is still here implying that we still have more nights of darkness ahead of us so the need to look out for alternatives. Candles have their own issues ranging from accidents and health concerns from the candle soot.

A rechargeable solar lamp like the ones above would provide many hours of bright light for as long as it's been placed in direct sunlight for at least 4 hours. The lamp can provide up to 50 hrs of lighting on a low setting and 7hrs from a medium setting.

The same lamp will do four hours of bright light with a high setting mode so getting yourself one of these lamps could be a fairly good idea. Some of these lamps have chargers which can charge a cell phone.

You can only benefit from this extra when there is no power and your phone's battery is down.

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