Our History
The company is currently being run by Graeme Fick and Lappies Labuschagne due to the tragic passing of Frikkie Potgieter and Len Slater in 2008 and 2013 respectively.
Frikkie and Len are sorely missed in Cape Weatherwise International.
Originally in 1996 Len Slater, a South African Weather Bureau forecaster retired and began operating as Cape Weatherwise International to provide services to the booming film industry in Cape Town.
Around this time, with the bid for the 2004 Olympics in Cape Town in progress, Frikkie Potgieter and Graeme Fick conceptualized a company to provide weather services for the duration of the games. Both, then working for Eskom at Koeberg Weather Station, set about in 1997 and 1998 to negotiate a weather support service contract with Eskom as a private concern.
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We all had one goal in mind, to give a more personalized and accurate meteorological service to the corporate sector but keeping away from the public weather forecasting industry. With all our experiences now joined we are able to say that we are the leading forecasters, observers and meteorological service providers in the South Western Cape. No day can go unnoticed without us being able to predict its moods.
From that time on many smart concerns ceased to be “otherwise” and got “weatherwise”