Voices Out
Court 5
Gaborone, Botswana
March 12th, 2026
Munchwuzhere
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Kuno National Park (KNP) Has New Guests – Nine More Cheetahs From Botswana ; Part Of Four-Year Polulation Revival Plan
Nine more cheetahs from Botswana landed safely at Kuno National Park (KNP) , taking India’s total count of the big cats to 48, an official said.
The third batch of cheetahs from Africa arrived on IAF aircraft as part of a four-year population revival plan, the official said. Read More….
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Travel Destination: Botswana
- When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
In the heart of rural Botswana, the poverty stricken village of Golema Mmidi is a haven to exiles from far and wide. A South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to revolutionise the villagers traditional farming methods, but their task is fraught with hazards as the pressures of tradition, opposition from the local chief and the unrelenting climate threaten to divide and devastate the fragile community.
- The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales by Bessie Head
A collection of short stories based on life in a Botswanan village, including the story of a woman who murders the husband who deserted her years before.
- White Dog Fell from the Sky by Eleanor Morse
In apartheid South Africa in 1977, medical student Isaac Muthethe is forced to flee his country after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force. He is smuggled into Botswana, where he is hired as a gardener by a young American woman, Alice Mendelssohn, who has abandoned her Ph.D. studies to follow her husband to Africa.
When Isaac goes missing and Alice goes searching for him, what she finds will change her life and inextricably bind her to this sunburned, beautiful land.
- Juggling Truths by Unity Dow
The Botswanan childhood of Monei Ntuka is shaped by stories from her mother, father, and grandmother as well as from the colonizers and the Christian church in this novel about the tensions between modernization and tradition in postcolonial Africa.
- Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng
A young widow adheres to the expectations of wearing mourning clothes for nearly a year, though she’s unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection. An older sister returns home from a confusing time in America, only to explain at every turn why she’s left the land of opportunity. A younger sister hides her sexual exploits from her family, while her older brother openly flaunts his infidelity.
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Rational will should not be driven by purposes rooted in desire.
Kant argued that human actions can come from two fundamentally different sources. One source is inclination with desires, needs, instincts, preferences, goals. When you act because you want something, comfort, success, approval, survival, pleasure then your behavior is being driven by natural causes inside the organism. Hunger, fear, ambition, attraction, curiosity, and similar forces belong to the causal chain of nature. They are understandable in terms of psychology and biology.
The other source, according to Kant, is practical reason. This is the capacity to recognize a rule and act because you judge the rule itself to be binding. In that case the action is not performed to obtain some result you want. The action is performed because the rule is accepted as valid independently of personal benefit.
An action that comes purely from rational will cannot be done for a purpose in the ordinary sense. If the purpose is happiness, advantage, reputation, or even survival, then the action is still serving natural inclinations. For Kant, a genuinely rational act is one where the reason for acting is the principle itself. The rule is followed because it is recognized as a rule that should apply universally, not because it produces a particular outcome. Purposes usually arise from desires, and desires belong to the natural causal system. Acting purely from rational law would mean acting without reference to those desires.
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Botswana Scott # 47–50 (1968)
Christmas set with African Nativity theme. Mint Never Hinged (MNH) with bright color and full original gum.
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Randy Slic
Learn to trust baby learn to trust
Dont let your feeling get ahead of your
I get a feeling that you love me.
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Water ballet
Giraffe, Boteti River, Makgadikgadi Pans national park, Botswana. Gold in the Behaviour – Mammals category.
Photograph: Vaidehi Chandrasekar/World Nature Photography awards
