The weatherman who disappeared from TV screens

Radithupa Radithupa
Radithupa Radithupa

The phrases ‘metlhala ya dinonyane’ or ‘e beile mo matlapaneng’ became synonymous with Radithupa Radithupa’s weather reports on Botswana Television (Btv).

For 17 years, Radithupa became the face of local weather reports on the screen as viewers fell in love with his unique presentations. But it has been more than two years since the popular weatherman disappeared from television screens.

He left the Department of Meteorology at the age of 55 when he still had at least five more years before reaching the civil service’s mandatory retirement age. “People might be wondering where I am.

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