SA power shortages drive some to live 'off the grid'

South Africa has been experiencing a power crisis for some months. In crises like this, people often look for their own solutions and South Africa is no exception.

Some have decided that if they can't rely on the country's power provider, Eskom, to supply their energy needs, they will just make an alternative plan.

And that is just what two brothers-in-law, Henning Holm and Paul Mikula, have done.

Watch: Africa Business Report