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WARNING: SUNSMART SOLARBAY HELLOSOLAR HEATSMART SUN SMART SOLAR - SCAM ALERT ⚠️ Stock image used by HelloSolar as Home Page Public service announcement - Solar industry SCAM This is a public service announcement by victims of Jonathan Clive Stephenson & Themba Phillip Tsotetsi. 🔴 WARNING: Avoid sunsmart.co.za solarbay.co.za hellosolar.co.za heatsmart.co.za and any company associated with: Jonathan Clive Stephenson (sometimes uses the name Grant Mansell) RSA ID: 810627 XXXX 08 4 Themba Phillip Tsotetsi RSA ID: 881104 XXXX 08 6 Wendy Stephenson RSA ID: 710316 XXXX 08 0 Eskom failure creates demand for Solar PV solutions Due to corruption and incompetence, the South Africa national grid operator (Eskom) is failing and unable to provide a reliable electrical supply. To address a limited electrical supply, Eskom has: Implemented daily rotational blackouts to prevent a grid collapse caused by demand exceeding supply, aka Load Shedding. See MyBoadband Stage 8 Load Shedding warning See Wikipedia South African energy crisis Increased tariffs exponentially to recover lost revenue due to illegal connections, theft, corruption, increased staffing, etc. See PowerOptimal report Eskom tariff increases vs inflation since 1988 These two factors resulted in South African home owners purchasing Solar PV systems to overcome these two issues. Unscrupulous South African scammers have exploited the high consumer demand and set up fake web sites that offer Solar PV products and services. The websites are professionally setup and use fake “stock” photographs of installations, product photographs, reviews, promotions, SOE, etc to attract victims. Solar Solutions offered Products offered on sunsmart.co.za solarbay.co.za hellosolar.co.za heatsmart.co.za include: Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels Grid Tie Inverters Hybrid Inverters Lithium Batteries Installation and commissioning of the equipment Certified installation (Certificate of Compliance - CoC) not on site till the job is done - Upfront Deposits & Payments Payments are upfront via Credit Card or ETF (Electronic Funds Transfer). Once they have your payment, they fail to deliver your purchase. Due to corruption and incompetence within the South African criminal justice system and high costs of litigation most victims are unable to recover their funds. 🔴 AVOID: sunsmart.co.za solarbay.co.za hellosolar.co.za heatsmart.co.za and any company associated with Jonathan Clive Stephenson, Themba Phillip or Wendy Stephenson. Media reports Social media & media reports related to Jonathan Clive Stephenson, Themba Phillip and Wendy Stephenson: https://www.hellopeter.com/we-group-africa-ta-we-drill-africa https://www.hellopeter.com/solar-bay https://www.hellopeter.com/hello-solar https://www.hellopeter.com/solar-bay/reviews/solar-bay-jonathan-stephenson-beware-3378203 https://www.hellopeter.com/hello-solar/reviews/beware-this-business-owner-has-history-of-taking-lots-of-money-and-never-delivering-3664435 https://www.sasheriff.co.za/aup11808/aid6023/44-bergvliet-road,-meadowridge,-southern-suburbs,-7806.html https://powerforum.co.za/topic/9785-the-official-list-of-solar-power-scammers https://www.greengazette.co.za/pages/legal-notice-33465-of-20-aug-2010-vol-542-b-part-3-of-3_20100820-LNB-33465-008 https://m-net.dstv.com/show/carte-blanche/season/33/news/solar-powerless-carte-blanche-sunday-17-october-2021/news Twitter - Carte Blanche Promo for exposé “Solar Power(less)” - 17 Oct 2021 FIN24 - Solar horror story: Clients say company leaves work unfinished, refuses refunds - 29 Jan 2022 Youtube - Carte Blanche exposé “Solar Power(less)” - Solarbay, Hellosolar and Jonathan Stephenson - 17 Oct 2021 DSTV - Carte Blanche exposé “Solar Power(less)” - Solarbay, Hellosolar and Jonathan Stephenson - 17 Oct 2021