South Africa's grid crisis is now a choice between rescuing Eskom or letting private solar and batteries take over. Load-shedding hit 332 days in 2023, and I've watched my own street in Pretoria run on inverters while the utility burns diesel to keep the lights on. The national utility still supplies roughly 80% of the country's electricity, so it can't just be abandoned — but throwing another bailout at it without fixing theft and maintenance hasn't worked for 15 years. So: should South Africa prioritize saving Eskom, or double down on private generation?