[4] As a young man, Botha engaged in printmaking and sculpture,[5] and founded and chaired the Community Arts Workshop (1984–86).
His creation "Dropping Knowledge" asked leaders in the fields of creative and scientific thinking to answer 100 questions put to them by the public simultaneously at a round table.
Botha founded the Amazwi Abesifazane Trust, registered in 2008, and the Human Elephant Foundation,[8][9] (registered 2009) Botha has exhibited his drawings[10] and sculptures in Brittany, the Canary Islands during 2008, South Korea during 2011 and locally in South Africa during 2010 and 2011.
He also has created works on a variety of themes, including the co-existence of humans with other life forms, creativity, citizenship and lifelong learning.
In 2010 work on a sculpture that he was creating for the eThekwini Municipality was halted because the design was said to be too close to the logo of a political party.