Secnet Solutions / Morne van der Merwe / Anne-Marie Horn ****MERS

So…. It turns out we have joined the long list of people who have been ****med by opportunistic allegedly *****ulent solar installers! We paid nearly R300 000 to Secnet Solutions on 19 January (don’t bother searching for them, they have already removed their website, but I am aware that two of the directors, Morne Wessel van der Merwe and Anne-Marie Horn have already registered a new company, Blue Stone Facilities Management and Maintenance) Long version of the story, after Morne sent his contractors to install inverters and batteries in our homes, they have now disappeared with the rest of our money – still a good chunk of change. We then had a Master Electrician inspect their work, and we have reports as long as my arm about things that were done *******ly during these installations. Ranging from having used undersize wiring, bypassing our homes’ earth leakage protection (MAJOR issue!), insufficient protection of circuit breakers to contravening the Fire Safety Laws of SANS10142.2 by *******ly installing lithium batteries in our bedrooms. In total, 15 of these little faults were identified, all which have very serious financial, health and safety and legal implications for us as homeowners and residents. I have been advised by the Electrical Contractors Association, as well as by the Electrical Conformance Board and Association of Renewable Energy Practitioners that Morne van der Merwe is NOT registered with them, and I have been advised to report them to the Department of Labour, which we did. We have also reported them to the CGSO and intend to take legal action, and *****/theft cases have been opened with SAPS against all the directors of Secnet Solutions'. One can only hope that they get arrested before they get to **** any more people, and ***** more people's money. In the meantime, I will make it a priority to create as much awareness as I can about these people. Anyone is free to contact me for proof of my claims, SAPS CAS numbers, as well as much information as any member of the public can get about them, but usually would have to pay for.