Mmegi, Botswana The results of the Standard Chartered Bank essay competition were announced at the end of July 1990. According to a spokesman from the bank the turnout of entries was good and the competition will now be an annual event. However lately the Mmegi letters pages have been inundated with readers complaining about the shoddy treatment they receive from the banks and that credit and loan facilities only appear to be for the rich. Mmegi , August 1990 Fence Sittin' was published weekly by Mmegi newspaper in Botswana from June 1990 to June 1992. Mmegi is run by an independent trust and is the most respected newspaper in Botswana. It is rightly regarded as the campaigning conscience of the media. Fence Sittin' covered national and international political and social issues including the minimum wage, the poor state of the health service, government corruption, excessive military spending, government bias and censorship in the media, aids, apartheid etc. Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm won the 1990 Botswana Press Trust Cartoon Award. Keywords: autografix, luke warm, titus mbuya, cartoon, mmegi, fence sittin', botswana, africa, politics, social issues, standard chartered bank, corruption, inequality, essay competition