Sponsors

SPONSORS

We would like to thank the MTNSciencentre, Deil Met Systems, Silver Seed Capital, the Mount Nelson Hotel and Pelican Hotels, who have sponsored weather stations for installation. As funding for this type of project becomes more scarce, we have come to rely on the generous and kind support of sponsors. Please visit the web sites of these organizations, whose support is adding value to the teaching capacity of our schools and brings you this real-time weather data. The following stations are brought to you by the above sponsors:

Bainskloof This weather station was sponsored by John Miles and Caroline and Kate Swanson at Pelican Hotels. The station is situated at the beautiful Bastiaanskloof Cottages, which forms part of Pelican Hotels process of creating a small number of discreet, luxurious guest villas that are both aesthetically appealing and sensitive to their environment. The Bastiaanskloof site sports 800 species of Fynbos, a wide range of fauna (including leopard, Klipspringer and Black Eagle), two perennial rivers with pristine pools and waterfalls and spectacular mountain hikes. Click on the link above for more information.
Mount Nelson Hotel Many thanks to Rob Fiander and the Mount Nelson Hotel for their kind sponsorship of the second city bowl weather station. The Mount Nelson, Cape Town's most famous hotel, is an urban sanctuary set in beautiful gardens on the lower slopes of Table Mountain. The hotel offers an oasis of stylish sophistication, privacy and tranquillity within close proximity to the V&A Waterfront and Cape Town's best beaches. The placement of this station allows us to examine microclimates in the centre of the Mother City together with the station at CPUT.
Herschel Girls School This weather station was sponsored by Stefan Coetzer and the people at Silver Seed Capital (Pty) Ltd. Silver Seed are an authorised Financial Services Provider based in South Africa who raise capital for new start-up public companies and offer services to both investors and entrepreneurs. To read more about the vision and people of Silver Seed Capital, and how they are active in the community, please click on the link above.
Robben Island This station was kindly sponsored by Diel Met Systems (Pty) Ltd. Diel, situated in Cape Town, South Africa, is part of the International Met Systems group, one of the world's leading producers of upper-air meteorological systems. InterMet Africa is mainly responsible for the design and manufacture of ground stations and as well as specialised radiosondes, whose information forms an important component of accurate weather forecasts, climatological research and the study of atmospheric warming.
MTN Sciencentre Many thanks to the MTN Sciencentre for sponsoring a weather station at Canal Walk. The MTN ScienCentre at Canal Walk Century City in Cape Town, is South Africa's first world-class interactive science centre. It is a place where you can have fun, while learning about scientific discoveries and technological innovations. There are over 280 displays as well as an auditorium, camera obscura, computer rooms, laboratories, and exhibition hall. Do visit the weather display when you are next there!