Chillyboy: from chillie mouth to angelic vision

Call him rude or arrogant, but Yarona fm sports presenter, MacDonald Rakgare, popularly known as 'Chillyboy', spent most of his life without a male figure because his stepfather, Samson Ruele, worked at a mine in South Africa.

He says this was never a problem because his mother wore hats for both mother and father and taught him a lot of things a man needs to know. As a youngster, Chillyboy was naughty just like most children his age. He says he is glad that his naughtiness never led him into serious trouble because he always knew his boundaries. "I never stole, drank, smoked or engaged in extremely unruly behaviour that could have led me to serious trouble," he said.  The 26 years old Chillyboy is self-made.

When he first approached programmes manager for Yarona fm, Owen Rampha, for a job as a sports presenter, Chillyboy says he only had a single pair of shoes and a few clothes in his wardrobe. Nonetheless, he made it a point to do something related to the sport he loves. In his first few months at Yarona fm, he co-presented the show 'Lobebe La Kgwele' with Comfort 'Bigfish' Ramatebele who has since moved to Gabz fm.  As much as some people may think Bigfish is responsible for Chillyboy's success he denies it and claims that he never learnt anything from him. There is, however, a price to pay for success. He was once accused of embezzling P80,000 from the University of Botswana (UB) Freshers' Ball in 2009 when he was student representative council (SRC) president. The ordeal did not shake him at all though he was compelled to resign.  He criticises the Botswana National Front. Growing up in a BNF aligned family, he felt it was right to follow the family tradition.

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